Walls of DU campuses covered with campaign posters despite CEO ultimatum

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Walls of DU campuses covered with campaign posters despite CEO ultimatum

Wednesday, 25 September 2024 | Staff Reporter | New Delhi

The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the National Students Union of India (NSUI) and other student’s organization have started reaching out to students on Tuesday. Despite a 24-hour ultimatum issued by the chief election officer a day earlier directing candidates to remove campaign posters and banners, walls of Delhi University campuses continue to be covered by them and the roads were littered with pamphlets in hues of white, red, and blue.

A traffic constable noted that over 50 challans are issued daily. "MCD workers remove the posters and banners, but by night, students hang them up again," he said. The constable also pointed out that convoys of cars during campaign rallies cause significant traffic jams, making it difficult to manage the area. A DU student expressed concerns over the aggressive campaign tactics of parties like the ABVP and NSUI and said, "There's a lot of paper wastage, which is concerning. They distribute chits asking us to vote for their candidates, but I feel they could easily communicate this orally instead of disrupting classes."

Poll violations are not new to DUSU polls. In 2017, the National Green Tribunal ordered DU to rusticate students found defacing walls with posters and imposed fines.

Meanwhile, NSUI DUSU candidates reached out to students by distributing roses in an initiative, titled "Mohabbat ki Dukan," which they claim is aimed to counter the violence allegedly promoted by ABVP.

NSUI’s Presidential Candidate Ronak Khatri, said, "NSUI stands for love and inclusivity across all communities. This is our way of showing what we aim to achieve in DUSU."

Namrata Jeph, NSUI’s Secretary Candidate, stated, "Campus violence and unsafe conditions for women must end. Our campaign focuses on change, ensuring women's safety and advocating for 12 menstrual leaves per semester." Candidates also carried copies of the Constitution of India, highlighting their belief in justice, equality, and freedom.

Further, ABVP appealed to the students of DU to vote 100 per cent in the elections with the RSS affiliated student body’s candidates visiting all the departments and colleges of the university and made them aware of issues including hostel construction, metro pass and construction of new hostels in the university.

DUSU Presidential pick Rishabh Chaudhary and Secretary candidate Mitravinda Karnawal campaigned in North Campus colleges like Shri Teg Bahadur Khalsa College, Shri Ram College of Commerce, Ramjas College, Kirori Mal College, Hansraj College and Hindu College.

Vice President candidate Bhanu Pratap Singh and Joint Secretary candidate Aman Kapasiya appealed to the students to vote by highlighting the issues raised by ABVP in South Campus colleges including Shri Venkateshwar College, Atmaram Sanatan Dharma College, Motilal Nehru College, Ram Lal Anand College, Shivaji College and Rajdhani.

Chaudhary said, “ABVP is also prominently raising the issue of effective implementation of National Education Policy. We remain active in DU throughout the year and candidates are also talking about the positive impact of ABVP's activities on important topics like environment, sports, service work.”

Stating that girl students have been winning continuously from the ABVP panel since 2014, Mitravinda said, “Our manifesto prominently includes various issues related to girl students including safety of girl students in the campus, installation of sanitary vending machines. ABVP is getting good support from the women colleges of DU.”

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