, Feb. 6 -- Jahangirnagar University Central Students' Union (JUCSU) Vice-President (VP) Abdur Rashid Jitu has joined the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), while several leaders of different hall student councils at the university have also joined the BNP's student wing, Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal.

The information was confirmed at a press conference held at the BNP's central office in Nayapaltan on Friday morning, where BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi briefed reporters.

Rizvi said JUCSU VP Abdur Rashid Jitu formally joined the BNP, alongside a number of hall parliament leaders who joined Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal.

The hall council leaders who joined Chhatra Dal are: Ibn-e-Shihab, VP of Nawab Salimullah Hall; Rifat A...