The New Nation - Internet Edition

DU Correspondent

Campaigning for the national elections in and around the Dhaka University campus is getting momentum, as the student organisations of the major political parties have started touting in support of their respective parties.

Especially, leaders of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) and the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) divided into small groups were seeking votes for their respective candidates.

Black and white posters and leaflets of the two major alliance candidates have been put up throughout the campus.

Candidate for Awami League-led grand alliance and the president of Bangladesh Workers Party Rashed Khan Menon visited the campus at 10:00am yesterday and met voters in the residential areas of the university. Later, he met Vice Chancellor Prof SMA Faiz, Pro-VC Prof AFM Yusuf Haider and Treasurer Prof Syed Abul Kalam Azad.

During his visit, Dean of Social Science Faculty Prof Harun-or-Rashid, Prof AAMS Arefin Siddiqui, BCL president Mahmud Hasan Ripon, general secretary Mahfuzul Haider Chowdhury Roton, Sheikh Sohel Rana Tipu, among others, were present.

In the afternoon, candidate for BNP-led four-party alliance and the former JCD president Habibunnabi Khan Sohel accompanied by other JCD leaders sought votes from the Shahbagh area and university residential areas.

The both student organisations -JCD and BCL- brought out processions on the campus during the visits of their supported candidates yesterday.