Bakir president, Tahmid secretary in Chhatrashakti's first council

The new leadership was elected through direct and secret votes of councillors from 10 am to 12 pm on Saturday at the Battala adjacent to the Faculty of Arts building of Dhaka University. More than three hundred councillors from across the country took part.

From 2 pm to 4:30 pm, a discussion meeting marking the council was held at the same venue. Central leaders of the party, including National Citizen Party convener and opposition Chief Whip Nahid Islam, took part.

Later, a procession was brought out at 5 pm. A cultural programme was organised from 7 pm to 10 pm. Various artists performed music.