Candidates contesting for different posts for the ensuing Students’ Union polls attended ‘What I stand for’ meetings in their respective colleges and universities in the State on Saturday and put up their agendas before students.
Candidates at the Ramadevi Women’s College and Utkal University here along with many of their supporters came in grand processions to the stage before delivering their speeches. The notification for the polls was published on September 18. Since then, the students had been campaigning in full swing which concluded on Friday.
Meanwhile, the candidates intensified their campaigning to reach out to every student to vote for them while police intensified patrolling in the college and university campuses across the State. The authorities of education institutions have also kept a close eye on hostels and private messes to avoid any violence. Voting will be held on September 29 and results will be declared the same day.