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With this victory on the Jahangirnagar University situated close to the capital Dhaka, Shibir now has two of an important college campuses below its management in Bangladesh. On September 10, Shibir swept the Dhaka University Central Students Union (DUCSU) election.
The victory of the Islami Chhatra Shibir within the DUCSU polls was welcomed by Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan. The victory of the Shibir-backed panel in Jahangirnagar University was welcomed by Shafikur Rahman, Ameer of Jamaat in Bangladesh, on Saturday (September 13, 2025), who mentioned, “Today an enormous accountability has been positioned on the scholars. Hope they’ll give the best significance to preserving our belief.” Shibir was banned by the Sheikh Hasina-led authorities within the first week of August 2024 earlier than her authorities fell within the student-people rebellion on August 5, 2024. The ban was lifted by the interim authorities.
The scholar union polls in Bangladesh have attracted consideration as they’re coming simply 5 months forward of the February 2026 election in Bangladesh amidst rising strain from the Islamists to exclude political events like deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League. The elections in Dhaka University and Jahangirnagar University are anticipated to be adopted by polls within the universities in Rajshahi, Chittagong and different universities the place Shibir’s victory is anticipated to create optimistic sentiment in favour of the Shibir candidates.
The victory within the scholar union polls can also be including to the general political dynamics in Bangladesh, with the Islamist-led eight-party grouping deciding on a joint plan of motion forward of the election that was introduced by Chief Adviser Prof. Mohammed Yunus earlier on August 5.
Bangladesh’s main day by day, Prothom Alo, on Saturday (September 13, 2025), reported that Jamaat-e-Islami, the interim government-backed National Citizen Party (NCP), Charmonai Peer-led Islami Andolon Bangladesh, Bangladesh Khelafat Majlis, Khelafat Majlis, Gono Odhikhar Parishad, Amaar Bangladesh Party (a reasonable splinter group of Jamaat), and Bangladesh Nezam–e–Mustafa have began demanding that the following election in Bangladesh ought to be based mostly on “proportionate illustration” – the PR system – in order that “all events get a degree area”.
The grouping is anticipated to demand that the July Declaration, as introduced by Prof. Yunus on August 5, needs to be the main doc of the fashionable Bangladesh state.
One of the important thing calls for that’s anticipated to be introduced on Sunday (September 14, 2025) by the eight-party grouping centres round banning 14 political events that have been related to deposed PM Sheikh Hasina from contesting the following election.
Awami League’s political actions have been banned by the interim authorities since final October, although the get together continues to carry on to its strongholds like Gopalganj, the place its cadre fought a pitched road battle with the interim government-backed National Citizens Party on July 16.
The eight-party grouping has additionally demanded that the Jatiyo Party, which was as soon as led by the late President Hossein Mohammed Ershad, needs to be banned from collaborating within the polls for being “allies of Fascism.”
Published – September 14, 2025 12:42 am IST
