Himachal Pradesh University (HPU) will be holding its students union poll on August 17 amid call of cancellation of polls from different quarters due to large scale violence reported every year in educational institutions.
According to the notification, Vice-chancellor ADN Bajpai on Wednesday recommended dean students welfare, HPU, to fix the date of election of Students’ Central Association (SCA) and CSCA on August 17, to be held at P.G. Centre, Shimla, Regional Centre, Dharamshala, H.P. Centre for Evening Studies, Shimla, all degree colleges and Sanskrit Colleges affiliated to H.P. University.
As per election schedule, voters list will be displayed on August 10, objections will be filed till August 12, with the display of final voters list and nomination papers will be filed on August 13. Scrutiny of nomination papers will be held in the second half of August 13. Withdrawal of nomination papers will be done on August 14 with display of final list of contestants in the second half of the day. Voting will be done on August 17 till 2 pm and counting from 3 pm onwards.
With the declaration of notification, political temperature in the campus is likely to get heated up with students union like Students Federation of India (SFI), Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) and National Students Union of India (NSUI) in fray. At present SFI calls the shot at HPU campus elections in Shimla while ABVP winning most of the seats across the State. However, university administration has made it clear that if violence is reported from any college or educational institution affiliated to HPU, the students’ union poll will be cancelled.