leaders of all student organisations are sweating it out to garner maximum votes for their candidates in the student union election of DAV PG College. The elections in the biggest and most prestigious college of the State would be held on August 31.
The counting of votes and declaration of results would be done on September 1. Tuesday was the last day of the campaigning and all the candidates and their followers threw everything into it. Major shows of demonstration of strength were held by the all the major candidates. The candidate for the post of President of students union from the Akhil Bhartiya Vidhyarthi Parishad (ABVP), Shubham Simalti took out a procession. His opponent, Vikas Negi of National Students Union of India (NSUI) and his supporters also showed their strength in a separate procession. Third procession was taken out by the rebel candidate of the NSUI, Saurabh Mamgain. The processions of the students affected the smooth flow of traffic in many parts of the state capital.
To compound the problem, the public transport on the day was also affected as many city buses and Vikrams were occupied by the students for transporting their supporters for their respective shows of strengths.
The President of the association of the City buses of Dehradun, Vijay Vardhan Dandariyal informed that 80 city buses were booked by the students on the day. DAV PG College is considered as a formidable citadel of ABVP as its candidates have won the prestigious post of its President in last ten year consecutively. Sensing its chances and the fact that the candidates of the NSUI are on a winning spree in the elections of different college of this time, the state unit of Congress party has also thrown its weight behind NSUI in its endeavour to capture the DAC PG College, the stronghold of ABVP. The state party chief Pritam Singh is also meeting and guiding the student leaders .Meanwhile the college administration has claimed that special measures have been taken to maintain order during the election and prevent malpractices. The Principal of the college Devendra Bhasin has warned that strict legal action would be initiated against those involved in election related malpractices. The college administration is also getting the proceedings of the elections videographed.