Dhaka, Feb. 13 -- Leftist students have paraded through the Dhaka University (DU) campus on an open-back truck, playing satirical songs to celebrate the "defeat" of Jamaat-e-Islami in most seats in the general election held on Thursday.

The truck journey started at 4pm on Friday from the TSC.

The vehicle drove through the entire campus until the celebration ended at 7:30pm.

The songs that were played included parodies alongside a track by renowned composer Prince Mahmud, with the lyrics: "Razakar, Al-Badr, none shall remain; all Rajakars will be washed away into the Bay of Bengal".

The word "Razakar" refers to the groups that collaborated with Pakistani occupational forces during the 1971 Liberation War.

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