After a gap of almost 12 years student union elections will be held in the state universities with indications that election in lucknow University could be held in August as per the recommendations of the lyngdoh Committee.
State Deputy Chief Minister Dr Dinesh Sharma, who also holds education portfolio said state government has no reservation about holding students’ union elections. “Students unions are integral parts of university education. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has made it clear that he is in favour of students’ union elections,” Dr Sharma told reporters on Sunday..
He said that the state government has directed all the state universities to be prepared for students union polls but clear cut direction will be issued after the meeting of the vice-chancellors which will be held very soon.
“The issue will be finalized in VC’s meeting which will be chaired by Governor Ram Naik,” he said and added that Students union election in lucknow University might be held in August.
He also said along with the students union polls the government was also committed to introducing bio-metric attendance in the universities and colleges. He said that government has received complaints about teachers playing truant. The decision to introduce bio-metric attendance will force teachers to come to classes in time, he said.
The elections in lucknow University along with several other state universities were held for the last time in 2005. The elections were not held after the state universities introduced lyngdoh committee recommendations as recommended in the 2006 Supreme Court order.
In 2007, student union elections were banned in all UP universities by the Mayawati government. later, the ban was lifted by the Akhilesh Yadav government. It announced that state university elections should be held but it was left to the universities to decide whether they wanted to hold polls or not.