As the aspiring candidates filed their nomination papers for the students’ union elections, violent incidents rocked the college campuses across the State on Wednesday.
Students of Rama Devi Women’s University, BJB Autonomous College, Maharishi College of Natural Law and Rajdhani College in Bhubaneswar filed their nominations for the elections scheduled to be held on October 11.
The candidates and their supporters came in processions and filed their nomination papers from 9 am to 12 pm while scrutiny of the papers was done between 2 pm and 4 pm.
Candidates are allowed to withdraw their names on Thursday after which the final list of candidates will be published on the same day. The ‘What I stand for’ meeting will be held on October 10.
However, even as nominations were filed, violence incidents were reported from a number of institutions in the State. Unidentified miscreants hurled bombs at the women’s hostel of NC College in Jajpur in the early morning forcing the authorities to close the college sine die. However, no casualties or damages were reported in the incident.
In another incident, panic struck Niali College in Cuttack district after some motorbike-borne miscreants threw bombs inside the campus while students were filing their nomination papers. Later, adequate police forces were deployed in and around the college to avoid any untoward situation.
Poll-related violence was also reported from Deogarh College after the students locked up the main gate of the college on Wednesday.
Bombs were also hurled in Anandapur College in Keonjhar district on Tuesday late night. However, the filing of nomination was carried out in the college on the day as per schedule amid tight security.