EC Members Resign En Masse
BSMMUTA poll suspended
Election to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Teachers' Association (BSMMUTA), scheduled for today after a 13-year gap, was suspended for an indefinite period after the Election Commission resigned en masses yesterday.
The EC was formed with Prof Aga Mashud Chowdhury, chairman of skin and sexually transmitted diseases department, as chief election commissioner and Dr Md Abdul Aziz of hematology department and Dr AKM Zahid Hossain of pediatric surgery.
Dr Aziz, who could be reached by The Daily Star, declined to comment.
BSMMU sources said unidentified people were threatening the trio of dire consequences if they held the election while leaflets were distributed among doctors and officials, urging them not to participate in the election.
The sources added that a section of the top BSMMU administration was against the election on grounds that BSMMU's congenial atmosphere might be harmed.
Some fake voters, with no BSMMUTA membership, were included in the voter list with the top administration's help to ensure the victory of the pro-administration candidates, they said.
Prof Dr ASM Zakaria and Dr Harisul Haque were the president and general secretary candidates nominated by pro-Awami League doctors' body Swadhinata Chikitsak Parishad.
Prof Dr Julfikar Rahman Khan and Dr Habiubur Rahman were the president and general secretary candidates nominated by the administration.
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