Our Correspondent :
The ruling party Awami League (AL)-backed teachers’ panel won the all 15 executive posts in the election 2021 of Comilla University Teachers’ Association (CoUTA) on Sunday.
CoUTA chief election commissioner announced the result of election around 9 pm.
Dr. Md. Shamimul Islam from Economics department elected president with 109 votes while Dr. Kazi Mohammad Kamal Uddin from the same department were elected general secretary with 127 votes from the pro-AL teachers’ panel Bangabandhu Parisad.
The nearest competitors for the president and general secretary posts were N M Robiul Awal Chowdhury (85 votes) and Md. Nasir Hossain (68votes).
Besides, the other winning candidates of the panel are, Mohammad Maksudul Karim and Md. Sadequzzaman were elected as the vice-president, Md. Mokaddes-ul-Islam as Joint General Secretary, Md. Abu Bakar Siddique Treasurer, Ruhul Amin Publicity and Publication Secretary, Shah Eklimur Reza Literature, Culture and Sports Secretary.
7 posts of executive members respectively, Biswajit Chandra Dev, Md. Rashidul Islam Sheikh, Dr. Mohammad Julhas Mia, Dr. Sajal Chandra Majumdar, Md. Tofail Ahmed, Md. Nazmul Haque and Md. Aman Mahbub has won.
Chief Election Commissioner, Prof. Moh. Aminul Islam Akand said, ‘The election has been completed smoothly. Voters cast their ballots while maintaining social distance. I am thankful to everyone that we were able to complete the voting within the stipulated time and a total of 200 teachers casted their votes in the election.
A total of 33 candidates, including 15 from 30 from the two panels of the pro-AL party and 3 from the pro-BNP party, contested for 15 seats. A total of 200 people voted.
