A day to go for Delhi University Students' Union polls and the university campuses have turned into a canvas depicting the enthusiasm of electioneering.
From the hoardings on bus stops to the stickers on metro station to catchy campaign song, main organisations like Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), National Students’ Union of India (NSUI) and Chhatra Yuva Sangharsh Samiti (CYSS) have covered every step to get the attention of its voters.
On Monday, the ABVP launched campaign song "ABVP once more" outside the Faculty of Arts at North campus. The area reverberated with the music, played on loudspeakers surrounded by a crowd of students.
"From composition of lyrics to recording, everything has been done voluntarily by the supporters of ABVP, some of whom are the former members of the organisations. They have tried to make the catchy lyrics which talk about ABVP agenda and grab the youth on campus for the elections," Saket Bahuguna, Delhi State Secretary told The Pioneer.
While the ABVP came victorious ruling all the four positions last year, the Aam Aadmi Party's student wing CYSS is trying hard to give a tough fight to the old players. The CYSS wrist bands, brooches and major hoardings are seen everywhere.
"like Delhi like Delhi University...we are going to bring the broom to wipe out all the mess out in this election. The CYSS is new like AAP was sometime back but it holds a lot of promise," said Ankita, a first year student of Ramjas College.
The CYSS has set its foot with extravagant event like the recent concert "DU Rocks" which was attended by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. While the move was not taken positively by the university authorities, the candidates of CYSS are campaigning across and have met the CM post nominations too.
Addressing DU students, Kejriwal promised them higher education loan scheme, one lakh jobs within a year and free wi-fi in DU colleges.
The South campus has also been hit with students energised with the spirit of campaigning. The vehicles and rickshaws plying on the roads around the colleges across are full of posters with names of candidates demanding votes.
The NSUI is carrying a signature campaign simultaneously while campaigning for the upcoming elections.
"We are getting students by talking to them on one-on-one basis to sign a petition demanding roll back of Choice based Credit System to President Pranab Mukherjee. Already 10,000 signatures have been collected by our volunteers," said Angelica Aribam, national secretary of the NSUI.
The mood in South campus is "very good" for the electoral battle. The start of U-special buses has also triggered positive energy among the students.
"Besides the concert the other initiative for mobilising the students was our class to class campaign. The students have stopped attending classes from more than two weeks to campaign for CYSS. ," said Anmol Panwar, CYSS vice-president.
While NSUI and CYSS have already released their manifesto, the ABVP's manifesto was also released on Wednesday.