A day before the polling for various posts of students’ union election in DAV (PG) College, the election officer claimed to have completed all the election- related works. A total of 8,414 students will exercise their votes and a total of 45 candidates are in the fray.
The polling will be held on Friday and its results will be declared on September 3, said college election media in-charge Prashant Singh on Thursday.
SSP Dr Sadanand Date said that elaborate security arrangements have been placed in view of students’ union election in DAV (PG) College. Senior police officers have been deputed to monitor things.
One DSP, four inspectors and police station in-charge, 16 sub-inspectors, eight sub-inspectors, 54 constables, 14 women constables and one company of PAC jawans have been deputed to complete the election, sans any untoward incident.
The college campus was found abuzz with activities with the students from various groups doing the final round of canvassing.
Candidates along with their supporters were found making round of the college and raising slogans. Rallies were taken out too in course of which pamphlets were distributed.
Singh said that the polling will begin from 9 am and would end at 2 pm. Voters have been advised to carry their admit cards for exercising vote.
College principal Rakesh Kumar Verma said that all the preparations related to elections in the college have been completed.
The election area has been divided into four zones- female student zone (for all female students), student (graduation) art zone, student (graduation) science zone and zone for all students pursuing post graduation, commerce (graduation), law and self- finance courses.
A total of 19 polling booths have been made in four election zones, said college chief election officer Gopal Kshetri.
Kshetri said that five candidates are in fray on the post of president and they are Ayush Gupta, Kalam Singh, Rahul Kumar, Sanjay Tomar, Saurabh Mamgai and Himanshu.
Five candidates - Kapil Sharma, Jatin Gupta, Rakesh Kumar, Vipin Singh Panwar and Suraj Kohli-are contesting for the post of general secretary. Three candidates are in fray for the post of vice- president and they are Narendra Singh, Sandeep Singh and Saurabh Sharma.
Nine candidates are in the fray for the post of university representative and they are Anuj Kumar, Aarju Gairola, Kushdev, Jyoti Panwar, Nagendra Singh, Mahesh Kumar, Robin Singh Negi, Virendra Singh Rawat and Saksham Chauhan.
Three candidates- Anjali Chamoli, Jyoti Rawat and Shalini Rawat- fined nomination for the post of girls’ representative.
Two candidates- Divya Mohan Joshi and Navin Negi –are trying luck for the post of student undergraduate representative.
Two candidates- Amit Kandari and Pavan Pandey- are in fray for the post of student undergraduate representative (science). A single candidate Sahil Yadav has filed nomination for the post of art representative (Post Graduation).
Five candidates had filed nomination for the post of joint secretary. They are Aadesh Kumar Saudai, Ujjawal Singh Maurya, Priya, Roma and Vidhya Bisht.
Five candidates are in the contest for the post of treasurer. They are Jyoti Verma, Trishana Kumari, Bharat Singh, Meghna and Monika Sati.
No candidate, however, filed nomination for the posts of student representative (Professional courses) and student under- graduation representative (art), Kshetri added.