Protests erupt at SUST against HC suspension of SUCSU polls

Students have besieged top officials at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) and blocked a major highway in protest against the High Court order to defer Tuesday’s student union elections.

The agitated students have padlocked the Administrative Building, confining the vice chancellor, pro-vice chancellor, registrar and other officials inside.

Later, around 2:20pm, the students blocked the Sylhet-Sunamganj Highway in front of the university campus.

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HC postpones SUCSU election for four weeks

Earlier, in the day a High Court bench suspended the central student union and hall union elections for four weeks following a writ petition filed by an independent vice president candidate. Before the HC order, the elections were slated to be held on Tuesday.

The Election Commission (EC) had allowed the election to be held on time, but on Sunday, independent candidate Mominur Rahman Shuvo filed the writ challenging the decision.

At SUST, students, led by Chhatra Shibir’s election panel, and a number of other election candidates, declared Mominur “persona non-grata” on campus.

They also protested against Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal’s (JCD) sit-in programme in front of the EC’s head office in Dhaka, where JCD activists are calling for the withdrawal of EC approval of SUCSU election activities.