All preparations for the polling of students' union election in DAV (PG) College, slated on Saturday, have been completed. "A total of 21 candidates are in the fray for various posts, including president, vice president, general secretary, joint secretary, university representative, treasurer and executive members and as many as 17, 700 students have been listed in the voters' list," said college election officer RK Pathak on Friday.
Keen contest is expected on two posts- president and general secretary- in the students' union election.
The election officer Pathak said that the election areas have been divided into four zones and 23 polling booths have been arranged. College staff members have been assigned duties as presiding and polling officers and all possible steps have been taken for completing free, fair and transparent election in the college.
Voters have been asked to carry admit cards and only those with admit cards will be allowed to cast votes.
All the possible measures have been taken to complete students' union election peacefully in the college, he reiterated.
College was buzzing with the students on Friday and a day before the polling of students' union elections, students were seen procuring college identity cards while the candidates and their supporters were witnessed meeting the voters, appealing to them to vote in their favour and promising them all
possible help throughout the
academic year.
The college principal Devendra Bhasin said the polling will begin from 9 am and will continue till 3 pm on Saturday. The counting of votes will held on Monday. Two candidates filed nominations for the post of president while five for the post of vice president, four for the post of general secretary, two for the post of joint secretary, two for the post of treasurer, five for the post of university representative and one candidate for each post of the executive members.
The election officer Pathak said that ABVP candidate Paras Goyal, NSUI member Navdeep Negi and Jagveer Singh are in the fray for the post of president while Shumbam, Sandeep and Vikas Bhatt are contesting for the post of general secretary. Anita Negi and Prashant Raturi are fighting election for the post of treasurer. Rakesh Rawat, S Uniyal, Arun Bisht, Monika, Harindar and Singh Bedi are in the reckoning for the post of university representative. However, the candidate to be elected as the university representative will not be able to cast votes in HNB Garhwal University students' union election due to delay in the election in the college. Harish Kumar, Komal Chauhan, Sushma Chauhan, Pankaj Mehta, B Singh are contesting election for the post of vice president. The district administrative officers and police officers have been informed of the students' union election to be held in the college on Saturday and adequate police will be deployed to ensure peaceful election in the college, he added.