The election to Panjab University Campus Students’ Council (PUCSC) will be held on Friday.
Elaborate security arrangements have been put in place for the elections, which will witness as many as 16153 students voting at 167 polling booths in the PU campus.
As per the advisory issued by PU, students have been advised to reach their respective Departments by 9:30 am and no entry will be allowed after 10:15 am on the election day The gate number one (PGIMER side) of PU will remain closed from 12 noon to 4.30 pm on Friday
The AC Joshi Library of PU will remain closed from 6 am to 11 pm due to counting process and declaration of results of PUCSC elections, the advisory stated.
To ensure peaceful and fair elections in PU and affiliated colleges, Chandigarh Police has deployed 1008 personnel including 8 gazetted officers (GO), 8 SHO, 18 Inspectors and 979 NGOs/ORs.
Notably, four students will be fighting it out for the post of president in the PUCSC elections, four for the post of vice president, four candidates are contesting for the post of secretary and six for the post of joint secretary.
SFS (Students for Society), SOI (Students’ Organisation of India), the NSUI (National Students’ Union of India) and ABVP (Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad) are the main political parties in the fray.
The election campaign in the last one week witnessed car rallies, social media campaign and street plays at PU. The key election issues included cleanliness, clean drinking water, safety and security of women, library facilities, canteen, hostel, parking woes among others.
Last year, Kanupriya of Left-leaning Students for Society (SFS) was elected as the first woman president of the PUCSC.