Sikkhak Network, a platform of university teachers, on Tuesday evening criticised the university authorities for their inefficiency in managing the DUCSU elections, which recorded nearly 80 per cent voter turnout.
At a press conference, Professor Samina Lutfa, a sociology teacher at Dhaka University, said election officials appeared unprepared for the large number of students who came to cast their votes.
鈥榃e don鈥檛 even know how polling officers were appointed,鈥� Samina said, adding that there seemed to be a shortage of manpower to handle the heavy turnout.
She also said that election observers from the network received multiple reports of polling agents being absent from several centres, allegedly due to a lack of support from election authorities.
Other DU teachers, including Gitiara Nasreen, Asif Mohammad Shahan, and Moshahida Sultana, were also present at the press briefing.
