Twenty-nine candidates are left in the fray in the students’ union elections of MKP (PG) College while the figure is 17 in SGRR (PG) College, in Dehradun.
The polling in both the colleges would be held on August 30. Things are final for SGRR (PG) College as the last date of the nomination withdrawal has passed.
However, for MKP (PG) College, the last date of the withdrawal of nomination is August 26.
Election fever peaking in the colleges, the administration is on its guard too. Police forces in adequate strength have been deployed around the colleges to maintain law and order while ensuring peaceful completion of the election.
In SGRR (PG) College, three candidates are in the fray for the post of president. Abhishek Dobriyal filed nomination for NSUI for the post while Kuldeep Pant is trying his luck for the same representing ABVP. Darshita Rawat is the third candidate who is contesting as an independent.
Deepa Thapa from ABVP and Vipin Bhatt from Aryan have filed nominations for the post of general secretary. Karan Singh from ABVP, Yash Bhatiya from NSUI and Suraj Nainwal an independent are contesting for the post of vice- president.
Akansha Saini from NSUI and Shalini Dhyani from Aryan have filed nominations for the post of joint secretary while Ashish Gaur from NSUI and Deepali Gusain from ABVP are in the fray for the post of treasurer.
Devika Narula from Youth for Uttarakhand, Girish Bhatt from ABVP and Vaishali Bhatt, an independent, are contesting for the post of university representatives.
However, Rishiraj Sharma and Shubham Uniyal have been elected unopposed for the posts of student under- graduate representative for Arts and Science respectively.
Gaurangana Kshetri from NSUI and Simran Tomar from ABVP have filed nominations for the post of female student post graduate representative.
The chief election officer Capt Pradeep Singh informed this, saying that arrangements are being completed to hold the election.
In MKP (PG) College, on the other hand, 29 students have filed nominations for various posts of the students’ union election. Five candidates- Puja Chauhan, Puja Rathor, Sakshi Shankar, Kavita and Nasrin- have filed nominations for the post of president while Raksha Chaukiyal, Safiya Dheer and Minakshi are in the fray for the post of vice- president.
Akansha, Shiva and Aarti are contesting for the post of general secretary while Jyoti and Jasmin have filed nominations for the post of joint secretary.
Priyanjali, Richa and Buddhi have filed nomination on the post of treasurer while Isha Khanduri, Shivani and Vaishali Yadav are contesting for the post of university representative. For the executive members, Farhana, Varsha, Tabssuam Jahan, Mahima, Aarti lodhi, Khushnuma, Soniya Gautam, Pratibha Gusain and Jyoti Gaur are in the fray.
Things would take a final shape in MKP (PG) College on Friday as the process of withdrawal of nomination would end after 12 pm the same day.