On hunger strike for re-election to hall unions, the five Ruqayyah Hall girls have claim they have been teased by ruling party’s front Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists in the night.
“Around 200 activists of Chhatra League came at the hall gates on motorbikes around 2:00am,” Shrobona Shafiq Dipty, a participant of the strike, told The Daily Star this morning.
“They hurled comments on us. They jeered at us,” said the independent hall candidate.
“We are feeling very insecure in the campus as those of us who were front liners during the agitation have been marked,” said Promi Khisha, another participant of the strike.
The girls are on hunger strike demanding re-election to their Hall Sangsad and resignation of the hall provost over her failure to hold a fair election.
“We also demand that the withdrawal of the false case filed against us,” Khisha said.
The 28-year-long wait for the Ducsu election ended in boycott by all major panels except for the BCL over allegations of irregularities and vote rigging.
Most participating panels exploded in protests even before the voting ended and demanded a reelection. They had also called a strike, which was later called off.
The university authorities found proof of vote rigging in Bangladesh-Kuwait Maitree Hall, where several hundred ballot papers were found in a sack. All the ballot papers were marked in favour of the BCL candidates, teachers and students said.
The hall provost was removed from duty following the discovery.
