Dhaka, Aug. 31 -- A writ petition has been filed at the High Court challenging the candidacy of SM Farhad, nominated by Oikyaboddho Shikkharthi Jote and supported by Islami Chhatra Shibir, for the post of general secretary in the Dhaka University Central Students' Union (DUCSU) election.

On Sunday, BM Fahmida Alam, a candidate for the Liberation War and Democratic Movement Affairs Committee nominated by the left alliance, filed the petition.

It questions how Farhad, once a member of a Bangladesh Chhatra League committee, could now run as part of Shibir's panel.

The High Court bench of Justice Habibul Gani is likely to hear the petition later on the day, bdnews24.com reports.

Barrister Jyotirmoy Barua is representing the petitioners, w...