Ahead of the Delhi University Students Union (DUSU) polls, the Delhi University (DU) on Friday set up a special committee consisting of four teams for surveying and preventing defacement of public property especially around the campus area and around the colleges throughout the national Capital.
The varsity has advised colleges to enhance their security arrangements while candidates of students’ groups have been asked to follow rules related to the elections.
After a hiatus of three years due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Delhi University is all set to hold its student union elections on September 22.
As per the schedule released by the university, the last date for receipt of nomination papers of candidates and affidavits is till 3 pm on September 12.
Scrutiny of nominations and publication of the list of duly nominated candidates will take place at 3.15 pm and 6 pm on the same date.
The last date for withdrawal of nominations is until 5 pm on September 13.
On September 22, the election will take place between 8.30 am and 1 pm and 3 pm and 7 pm for students in day and evening colleges respectively.
The varsity’s advisory council meeting was held on Thursday.
The meeting was chaired by Professor Prakash Singh, Director, South Campus, Delhi University and was attended by the Proctor, Chief Election Officer, Principals of the Colleges and by the Professors who are the members of the Committee.
After due deliberations in the meeting, it was decided to set up a special committee consisting of four teams for surveying and preventing defacement of public property especially around the campus area and around the colleges throughout Delhi.
This committee would work jointly with the Proctor’s office and the DUSU 2023 Election Committee on a daily basis till the completion of the election process.
It was also advised colleges to enhance their security arrangements by deploying them especially during the night time.