Parties declare final list for polls, 17 candidates in fray

NEW DELHI: Seventeen candidates will be in fray this time for the Delhi University Students’ Union (DUSU) polls, with seven candidates standing for the president’s

NEW DELHI: Seventeen candidates will be in fray this time for the Delhi University Students’ Union (DUSU) polls, with seven candidates standing for the president’s post and four contesting for the vice-president’s post.

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There are three candidates for the post of secretary and three for joint secretary, officials said.

With just one week left for the Delhi University Students’ Union polls, all student parties on Saturday announced the final list of candidates for the four central panel posts.

RSS-affiliated Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), which has been winning the DUSU elections for the last three years, will focus on the nationalism debate along with raising issues concerning students like hostel scarcity.

Congress-backed National Students Union of India’s (NSUI) campaign will focus on women issues and problems of students from northeast states. NSUI is bringing a separate manifesto each for women students and for northeastern students.

Left-leaning All India Students’ Association said it will focus on lack of hostels and problems faced by students staying at private accommodations. AISA will be demanding for implementation of Right to Accommodation and construction of more hostels.

While NSUI and Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad have named one woman candidate each for the central panel, All India Students’ Association has named three woman candidates.

The Delhi University Students’ Union poll will be held on September 9. Students who study in morning colleges will vote between 8.30am and 12.30pm while those in evening colleges will vote between 3.00pm and 7pm.

Last year, the Delhi University Students’ Union polls were swept by the RSS-affiliated Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad with Congress- backed National Students’ Union of India and AAP’s Chhatra Yuva Sangharsh Samiti (CYSS) failing to win even a single seat out of the four seats.