Candidates from the Islami Chhatra Shibir-backed Sammilta Shikkharthi Jote on Thursday accused two rival panels of violating the electoral code of conduct in the ongoing Rajshahi University Central Students鈥� Union, hall unions, and Senate student representative elections.
At a press conference in front of the university鈥檚 central library in the afternoon, Sammilta Shikkharthi Jote鈥檚 general secretary candidate Fazle Rabbi Md Fahim Reza alleged that the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal-backed Oikyaboddho Notun Projonmo panel had set up electoral booths near several polling centres in violation of election rules.
He also accused candidates from the Oikyaboddho Notun Projonmo panel and the Adhipatyabirodhi Okya panel, backed by former Students Against Discrimination leaders, of distributing hand slips to voters within 100 yards of polling centres.
Fazle Rabbi further alleged that several non-student JCD leaders and activists, including the organisation鈥檚 central organising secretary Amanullah Aman, were seen roaming around the campus, and that JCD men were spreading rumours against them on social media.
Denying the allegations, Oikyaboddho Notun Projonmo panel鈥檚 general secretary candidate Nafiul Islam Jibon said that it was actually Shibir activists who had been distributing hand slips near polling centres.
