All the preparations for polling of students’ union election in DBS (PG) College, slated on Thursday, have been completed.
A total of 43 candidates are in the fray for various posts, including president, vice president, general secretary, joint secretary, university representative and treasurer and as many as 2,291 students have been listed in the voters list, said college election officer Pratyush Vatsala.The polling will be from 9 am-1 pm. The counting of votes will begin from 2 pm and results are expected to be declared by 5 pm on Thursday, she added.
College was abuzz with students on Wednesday and a day before the polling, 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 election officer said that the election areas have been divided into two zones - north zone and south zone. Five polling booths have been arranged in north zone while three in south zone.
Voters have been asked to carry admit cards and only those with admit cards will be allowed to cast votes.Keen contest is expected on two posts — president and general secretary — in the students’ union election. Independent candidate Ashish Joshi and Akhil Bharatiya Vidharthy Parishad candidate Himanshu Kumar are in the fray for the post of president while Nityanand Kothiyal and Vipul Gaur are fighting for the post of secretary.
Nine candidates — Anoop Anthwal, Rajni, Surya Kant Mishra, Anshul Gupta, Jeet Singh, Harpreet Singh, Vishal Shodh, Anoop Singh and Arvind Singh Negi — had earlier filed nomination for the post of vice president.Thirteen candidates filed nominations for the post of joint secretary while four candidates- Prakash Singh, Rohan Singh Rawat, Saurabh Kumar and Saurabh Patwal- for the post of treasurer. As many as 17 candidates filed nomination for the post of university representatives, she added.