A writ petition has been filed in the High Court challenging the candidacy of SM Farhad, the Islami Chhatra Shibir nominee for General Secretary in the upcoming Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (Daksu) elections.
The petition was lodged by BM Fahmida Alam, Liberation War and Mass Movement Affairs Secretary of the Aparajeyo 71–Odommo 24 panel, which is backed by left-leaning student bodies. Barrister Jyotirmoy Barua will argue the case on behalf of the petitioner.
The writ claims that Farhad previously served on a Bangladesh Chhatra League committee, raising questions over how he later emerged as a Shibir candidate. The Aparajeyo 71–Odommo 24 panel consists of factions from Bangladesh Chhatra Union, Socialist Student Front, and Bangladesh Chhatra League–BCL.