Fifteen candidates have filed nominations on the first day of the nomination filing process for HNB Garhwal Central University, Pauri campus students’ union election on Tuesday. Four candidates filed nomination for the post of president, two for the post of vice president, three for the post of secretary, two for joint secretary, two for post of treasurer and two for the post of university representative. As compared to last year, the number of nominations is higher this year.
Garhwal varsity’s chief election officer Professor AK Dobriyal said that on the first day of nominations , Ashis Negi, Mohit Thapliyal, Anoop Prasad and Ansuya Rawat filed nominations for the post of president, Sandeep Rawat and Prashant Rawat for the post of vice president, Tribhuwan Bhandari, Sandeep Bangwal and Neeraj Singh for the post of secretary, Rishav Panwar and Rohit Negi for the post of joint secretary, Pradeep Singh and Bipin Kumar for the post of treasurer and Pawan Negi and Anil Pant for the post of university representative. Dobriyal said that Wednesday is the last day of filing nomination and the scrutiny of nomination will be done the same day. The number of nominations might go up still with one more day left. The withdrawal of nominations will be held on 4 September and the polling will be held on 9 September.