Just about a month short of the awaited Delhi University Students’ Union (DUSU) elections, a team of officials have been appointed to monitor the progress of the elections where office bearers and members of the Central Council of DUSU will be elected.
According to a statement issued by the Registrar, Alka Sharma, to a news agency, the Vice-Chancellor has appointed three teachers for the job. “The V-C has appointed DS Rawat of Department of Chemistry as the Chief Election Officer, Chander Shekhar of Department of Persian as Chief Returning Officer and OSD of Examinations Satish Kumar as the Returning Officer to conduct the 2014-15 elections,” said the statement.
DUSU, primarily, is the spokesperson of most of the colleges and faculties but every college has their own council of students for which they hold separate elections. “The V-C has also appointed principals of colleges and heads of institutions, affiliated to Delhi University, as election officer to conduct of elections in their respective colleges and institutions,” said Sharma.Students of the university and constituents colleges will directly elect the members of the council in DUSU elections which is expected to be held mid-September.
Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) won the DUSU elections last year. Aman Awana and Utkarsh Chaudhary were elected as president and vice-president and Raju Rawat was elected as the joint secretary. Only a single seat was won by Karishma Thakur of National Students’ Union of India (NSUI) as the secretary.