The process of students’ union elections in various colleges of the State started with filing of nomination papers on Tuesday. The students came in processions and also in groups to file the nomination papers in the DAV-PG College, SGRR PG College, DBS PG College, Government College Rishikesh and MKP PG College in Dehradun district.
In DAV PG College, Aditya Bisht of NSUI and Jitendra Bisht of ABVP filed their nomination papers for the post of president of the students’ union.
The Chief Election Officer of the college, D K Tyagi said that three candidates have filed papers for the post of the union president while Sachin Trivedi and Himani Bhandari have filed nomination for the post of the vice- president.
For the post of secretary, three nominations have been filed while eight candidates have put papers for the post of treasurer in the college. Tygai added that the students can take back their nomination on September 5 and the elections would he held on September 8. He, further, said that all preparation for holding free and fair elections in the biggest college of the State is complete.
Meanwhile, in the Doon University here, the elections to elect 28 society representatives for eight schools of the university would be held on Wednesday. The voting would commence at 9 am and end at 1 pm.
The dean student welfare H C Purohit said that 24 Undergraduate and 24 PG students have filed their nomination papers.
He said that a meeting of school representatives was held on Tuesday during which measures to be taken to ensure free and fair elections were discussed.