Badiuzzaman Sohag and Siddique Nazmul Alam were on Monday elected the new president and general secretary of Bangladesh Chhatra League, an associate body of the ruling Awami League.
Sohag, library secretary of the outgoing committee polled 1,690 votes while his nearest rival Monwarul Islam Masud, organising secretary of the Dhaka University unit, got 521votes. Alam, a joint secretary of the previous committee, was elected general secretary polling 1,571 votes. His nearest rival Shamsul Kabir Rahat, general secteray of Sergeant Zahurul Haq Hall, got 546 votes.
The elections were held after the two-day council session of the BCL that began at the Bangabandhu International Convention Centre in the city on Sunday.
A total of eight candidates vied for the post of BCL president post while 16 candidates contested the polls for the post of general secretary.
A total of 2,376 councillors cast their votes to elect the organisation's new president and general secretary for a two-year term.
The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, on Sunday inaugurated the two-day council session of BCL, held after about five years.
Though there is a provision for holding council session every two years, the last council was held on April 4, 2006.
A full-fledged committee of the organisation will be announced later.
The age-limit of BCL members was fixed at 29 years this year like in the last council session.
Source : New Age
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