Problems due to construction work, lack of hostel facilities to be highlighted by aspirants
Problems due to construction work, lack of hostel facilities to be highlighted by aspirants
The Commonwealth Games is creating ripples in parliament and now it's also on the agenda of 'tomorrow's leaders'. The dates for the Delhi University Students' Union (DUSU) elections were announced on Tuesday. And student leaders were ready with their list of priorities. Naturally, unlike previous years, CWG is on top of everyone's agenda.
Red litter day: Campaigning during DU students' polls.u00a0file pic
Organisations feel that students have been suffering a lot of problems due to the preparation for the Games and the issues must be addressed immediately.
Students' wing of BJP, Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) feels that though the Games will get over by October, the after-effects will be visible on campus for a long time. Ashutosh Srivastava, Delhi state secretary of ABVP, said, "Commonwealth Games is the biggest issue which we plan to take up. Hundreds of students have been affected due to the construction work going on at the campus for over a year now.
But the question is who will clear the debris lying on the roads? Outstation students, who got admission this year, were not provided hostels. This resulted in a steep rise in rents at outside accommodations. Colleges should have made some alternative arrangements for them. We will be taking up this matter in the DUSU election."
Among other issues, ABVP is planning to take up the semester system and infrastructural problems inside colleges more seriously during the polls. "Right from the inception, semester system in undergraduate courses has been in the news. Teachers and the V-C have been fighting over its implementation. The matter got so ugly that the case went to High Court. However, in the entire process, students of DU were never consulted.
Another issue is the infrastructure problems in some of the colleges located outside the campus. They don't have proper computer labs or classrooms. We will take up these issues this year," added Srivastava.
Robert Rahman of Students' Federation of India (SFI) said, "We are also planning to add CWG in our agenda in this year's DUSU elections. Students have been widely affected because of the construction work. Several accidents have also been reported in the campus due to the debris."
Student organisations such as National Student's Union of India (NSUI) and ABVP are on their toes this year as candidature of most of the aspirants got cancelled last year for flouting Lyngdoh Committee regulations, which state that only handmade posters and bills can be used for campaigning. In 2009, nominations of seven candidates for the DUSU Elections were cancelled.
Mohd Shahnawaz Choudhary, National General Secretary, NSUI, says, "We're sticking to posters with the name of the party, asking students to join us. However we are not ready with a list of priorities yet. But we will be taking up the problems related to students. Semester system will definitely be one among others."
Students this year were also welcomed with posters devoid of smiling faces of aspirants on them, unlike previous years. "I am happy that the campus will be a cleaner place to study
this year during polls," said Rashi Arora, a second year law student.
POLL DANCE
*u00a0Last Date of receipt of nomination papers: August 24, 2010
* Scrutiny of nomination papers: August 24, 2010
* Publication of list of duly nominated candidates: August 24, 2010
* Submission of bank draft as security deposit by duly nominated candidates: August 25, 2010
* Last date of withdrawal of nominations: August 26, 2010
* Publication of final list of candidates: August 26, 2010
* Date of election: September 3, 2010
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