Duta election tomorrow
The candidates in the Dhaka University Teachers' Association (Duta) election have sped up campaigning ahead of the polls scheduled for tomorrow (December 29).
From both "blue panel" and "white panel", the contestants and their close associates were seen walking to and from the offices and lounges of teachers to pile up support for respective camps.
The pro-Awami League teachers belong to blue panel while the pro-BNP and pro-Jamaat teachers to white panel. As in previous years, left leaning teachers are contesting the polls under the banner of blue panel.
The two panels will vie the election for a 15-member executive committee to lead Duta for next one year. The posts include president, vice-president, general secretary, joint secretary, treasurer, and 10 executive members.
Election Commissioner Prof Makbulur Rahman has said some 1,750 teachers are expected to cast their votes in the polls to start at 10:00am and continue till 2:00pm without any break at the Dhaka University Club.
This year white panel candidates have made strong campaign efforts to offset their last year's defeat. The panel in the 2010 Duta election failed to win in the major posts including president and general secretary.
Incumbent Duta President and Blue panel leader Prof Anwar Hossain of biochemistry and molecular biology and Prof Wahiduzzaman of Institute of Education and Research (IER) will run for the posts of president and general secretary post respectively with blue panel's ticket while Prof Tasmeri SA Islam of chemistry and Prof Abul Hasnat of clinical pharmacy and pharmacology will fight for the two posts respectively from white panel.
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