‘Where did my vote go?’ Candidates allege vote rigging at DUCSU

Staff Correspondent

“Where did my vote go?” said Md. Sajib Hossain, a resident student of Shahidullah Hall, who is running for the post of DUCSU central member, at a press conference. At the same press conference, another candidate, Rakib Hossain Gazi, accused the Election Commission of bias. He was standing for the post of Health and Environment Secretary from the ‘DUCSU for Change’ panel.

The press conference was held at the Madhur Canteen of Dhaka University on Wednesday, September 10. At the time, both of them also said that they would file a written complaint with the university administration.

Sajib Hossain alleged that the candidate he voted for for the GS post at the designated Curzon Hall constituency was not counted. Even though he voted as per the rules, his candidate’s result showed zero votes. He demanded that if his vote was cancelled, he be informed and a logical reason given.

On the other hand, Rakib Hossain Gazi alleged that the rules were not followed in distributing candidate slips in the elections. The commission treated different candidates differently.

He also accused one group of favoring the campaign.