Election campaign at DAV (PG) College seems to be at its peak though the college election officer is yet to declare the dates of the students’ union election formally.
Election date is expected to be declared by college election officer on Saturday. The college buzzing with activities, the students have been enrolling themselves in various Bachelor degree courses. Using the students enrolling themselves, members of various groups are trying hard to woo them into voting for them during the upcoming union election.
However, police are worried with students of various groups running election campaign before the announcement of the election date in DAV (PG) college. Police are in a dilemma, though they said they have acted tough on them, sending 65 members of various students’ groups notice under sections 107/116 of CrPC this year.
It is learnt that the court has issued bailable warrants against 22 students who have not appeared in the court as directed. Police would issue non-bailable warrants in case they fail to turn up at the next dates fixed for the cases, the cops said.
SP City Ajay Singh said that several steps have been taken to complete the students’ union election peacefully this year. He further said that police briefing is being held and policemen deputed on election duty have been given necessary instructions to complete the students’ union election without glitch.
Manmohan, a sub-inspector, has been made in-charge of police post, DAV (PG) College. Police personnel who have been deputed on election are directed to be vigilant to stop those who are intent on breaking the laws.
Furthermore, a meeting was held in the college campus where aside from the police personnel, the college staffers and the leaders of various students’ groups participated. College police post in-charge Manmohan appealed to the leaders of various students’ groups to cooperate with the administration to maintain law and order and complete the election peacefully. No one would be allowed to take law in their hands, he warned.
Students representing several groups are staging rallies daily in the college campus. NSUI-the Congress’s student affiliate-which has been losing the election for the post of president for the past many years is now in the thick of the campaigning to wrest this post from the grip of its arch-rival ABVP-the BJP’s student wing-this time.
DAV (PG) College principal Rakesh Kumar Verma said that the election officer would announce the election date in DAV (PG) College on Saturday. Sources said that the polling in the students’ union election would be held on September 2 followed by declaration of the results on September 3. Candidates’ nomination for various posts of the students’ union election would begin from August 29, as per sources.