As many as 29 contestants from Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee University (DSPMU) will contest the students’ union poll being conducted for the first time here. The university on Wednesday released the final list of the contestants gearing up to fight in the upcoming poll. As per the university officials, after the final scrutiny, nominations of 11 candidates have been cancelled while four of them withdrew their names.
“After examining the documents of all the candidates for five posts, only 29 candidates have been found fit for contesting election. Earlier, as many as 44 students have filed their nominations to contest election for different posts – president, vice-president, general secretary, joint secretary cum treasurer and deputy secretary,” said the DSPMU Officer (PR).
Meanwhile, DSPMU gearing to conduct its first students’ union election on December 4 had completed its process of filing the nominations on varsity campus on November 26. “According to the final list, six candidates have been shortlisted for the post of president. Similarly, for the post of vice-president also six contestants will contest the election. For the post of secretary, joint secretary and deputy secretary as many as eight, six and three contestants respectively will contest the election,” said an official of DSPMU.
Notably, more than 2000 students will cast vote from the newly constructed DSPMU this year while approximately 1.5 lakh voters of Ranchi University (RU) will choose their representatives in the third students’ union poll.
Over 15,000 voters alone from Doranda College affiliated under RU will cast vote. As per the university senior officials, if any student does have their respective college ID cards with them, even then, he or she will be allowed to cast vote.
Meanwhile, RU Officer (PR) stated that so far 13, 11 and nine candidates have been found eligible to contest election for the post of president, vice-president and secretary respectively from RU. “The final lists of the contestants will be released on November 29 at 4 PM,” said RU Officer (PR), Dr. Prakash Kumar Jha.