Dhaka, Feb. 6 -- Abdur Rashid Jitu, vice president of the Jahangirnagar University Central Students Union, has joined the BNP. Alongside him, several other student representatives have also joined the BNP's student affiliate, the Jatiotabadi Chhatra Dal.

They officially joined at an event at the BNP's central offices in Dhaka's Naya Paltan on Friday afternoon.

Jitu announced the decision after presenting a bouquet of flowers to BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi. Chhatra Dal President Rakibul Islam Rakib and General Secretary Nasir Uddin Nasir were also present at the time.

At a press conference Jitu said: "Bangladesh is currently facing changed circumstances. I had previously said that I would, in the future, engage ...