Administration hopes good voter turnout in CUCSU polls, candidates worried about ‘holidays’

Students are nearly ready to choose their representatives in the Chittagong University Central Students’ Union (CUCSU) and hall and hostel union elections. Campaigning for the polls ended at midnight on Monday. The Chittagong University (CU) students will elect their representatives after 35 years through the vote on Wednesday. More than 27,000 students from 48 departments and six institutes of the university will cast their ballots through the 14 annexed halls and one hostel. Although candidates have brought allegations against each other, the election festivity has not waned. No government-backed student organisations are contesting the election, the first held at the university after the political changeover. There were no reports of any clashes or unrest among the candidates during the campaigning...