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31 set to be elected unopposed in DU hall union polls

UNB, Dhaka :
A total of 31 candidates are going to be elected uncontested in the elections to 18 hall unions of Dhaka university (DU) as there is no other contestant against them.
Campus sources said all of them are from Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), the student wing of ruling Awami League.
In line with the amended Ducsu charter, elections will be held against 25 posts of Ducsu and 13 posts of every hall union.
The distribution of nomination papers for the Ducsu and hall union elections began on February 19 and the deadline for submitting those ended at 12 noon of February 26. The nomination papers were scrutinised from 2pm on February 26.
After analysing the primary lists of hall union candidates that were published at all the dormitories on Wednesday, it was found that there was only one candidate against 31 posts.
Those who are going to be elected unopposed are Jatir Janak Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Hall Union assistant general secretary (AGS) Md Julfikar Hasan, indoor games secretary Md Muntasir Mamataz and outdoor games secretary Mahmudul Hasan; Bijoy Ekattor Hall Union indoor games secretary Sujon Sheikh and outdoor games secretary Boni Yeamin; Haji Mohammed Mohsin Hall Union indoor games secretary Shahriyar Sonnet; Fazlul Huq Muslim Hall Union cultural affairs secretary Masum Mia; Shahidullah Hall Union reading room secretary Md Shamsur Rahman Sweet and outdoor games secretary Imran Hossain; Amar Ekushey Hall Union reading room secretary Tarequl Islam; Masterda SuryaSen Hall Union reading room secretary Rezwanul Islam, social service secretary Johirul Islam and indoor games secretary Sabbir Hasan Sourov; Sir AF Rahman Hall Union outdoor games secretary Md Arif Hossain; Shaheed Sergeant Zahurul Haq Hall Union literature affairs secretary Kamal Uddin Rana, cultural affairs secretary Shakil Ahmed, indoor games secretary Md Sohel Rahman and outdoor games secretary Ananda Fakir; Muktijoddha Ziaur Rahman Hall Union assistant general secretary Abdul Momin; Kabi Jasimuddin Hall cultural affairs secretary Emam-Ul-Hasan, reading room secretary Nasir Uddin and social service secretary Ibrahim Hossain.
Shamsunnahar Hall Union AGS Ayesha Akter Sumi and reading room secretary Bishakha Das Ira; BangamataSheikhFazilatunnesa MujibHall Union reading room secretary Sanjina Yesmin, social service secretary Ishrat Jahan, outdoor games secretary Papia Akter, indoor games secretary Riya Akter Santa; Kabi Sufia Kamal Hall Union reading room secretary Farhana Safreen, cultural affairs secretary Priyanka De and social service secretary Quiyanso Marma were also elected uncontested.
Meanwhile, a total of 20 candidates will vie for the vice-president post while 12 for general secretary and 13 for assistant general secretary post in the DU Central Students’ Union (Ducsu) polls.