Former leaders of the Jahangirnagar University unit of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal and former representatives of the Jahangirnagar University Central Students’ Union (JUCSU) have demanded that Prof Md Jamal Uddin Runu be included as a member of the university Syndicate.

In a written proposal submitted to the university vice-chancellor on Saturday, the leaders made the appeal to include Jamal, a professor of the university’s Department of Environmental Sciences, as a Chancellor (President)-nominated member of the university Syndicate.

They highlighted Prof Jamal’s long-standing political, academic, administrative and social activities and urged the vice-chancellor to take necessary steps to send his name to the President for consideration.

Among those who signed the proposal are former JUCSU VP and former Jahangirnagar University unit Chhatra Dal convener Ashraf Uddin Khan; former JUCSU AGS and former unit Chhatra Dal convener Abdul Awal Molla; former JUCSU GS K M Rashedul Hasan; former unit Chhatra Dal general secretary Md Zahirul Islam; former JUCSU GS Mohammad Shamsul; former unit Chhatra Dal general secretary Farid Arman; former president Elim Mohammad Nazmul Hossain; former general secretary Abdur Rahim Saikat; former general secretary Abu Saeed Bhuiyan; former general secretary Asad Ullah Asad; former JUCSU AGS Mokhlesur Rahman Badal; former president Sohel Rana; Md Ashraful Alam; Md Saiful Haque; Md Sabir Hossain; former JUCSU VP Md Masud Hasan Liton; and former unit Chhatra Dal joint secretary Dr Md Toufiqul Islam.