BNP’s Rizvi raises concerns over JUCSU VP’s ‘magisterial’ actions

BNP's senior leader Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has lashed out at Azizul Haque, vice-president (VP) of Dhaka University’s Surja Sen Hall, over fining a shopkeeper. At a book-launching event at the National Press Club in Dhaka on Sunday, Rizvi, the BNP’s senior joint secretary general, asked: “Has the person who became the university's VP been given magisterial powers?” “Unauthorised shops may exist, but does the DUCSU VP have the power to fine them? He's imposing fines on them and then giving the money to a party's fund.” Drawing from his own experience as a former VP of Rajshahi University Central Students' Union (RUCSU), Rizvi said: "He (the VP) should be fulfilling the duty of pursuing knowledge in the university, and teachers...