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They romp home without much support
TODAY?S polling for the union election in four degree colleges on Saturday has amply illustrated that a large number of students have lost interest in college union activities. They are more serious about their career than electioneering. In almost all the eight colleges, less than 50 per cent students participated in the polling to elect the union office-bearers. At DC Law, only 489 students voted to elect president and the secretary of the students?union.
First phase peaceful despite minor skirmishes
TODAY’S polling for the union election in four degree colleges on Saturday has amply illustrated that a large number of students have lost interest in college union activities. They are more serious about their career than electioneering.
In almost all the eight colleges, less than 50 per cent students participated in the polling to elect the union office-bearers.
At DC Law, only 489 students voted to elect president and the secretary of the students’union. Shailendra Singh and Anupam Dixit grabbed the post of president and secretary, defeating their nearest rivals Dharmendra Singh and Ashish Kumar Ahirwar respectively. Shailendra got 236 votes while Anupam bagged 118 votes.
Takhmeel Hasan Khan got 711 votes and was elected the president of Halim Muslim College. His nearest rival Mohammad Nihal Baig got 505 votes. Shahnaz Ilahi was elected general secretary. He bagged 360 votes. The turnout was less than 40 per cent in the college.
In Juhari Devi College , Preeti Gupta defeated her nearest rival Sonali Kashyap and was elected the president of the students’ union. Preeti got 200 votes while Sonali polled 137 votes. Deepa Sonkar with 210 votes was elected general secretary. Out of 4,000 students only 479 students participated in the polling.
In BND College, out of 4,500 voters, only 1059 students voted to elect the president and general secretary. Kushagra Pandey with 686 votes and Shiromani Shukla with 528 votes were elected president and general secretary respectively.
Earlier, barring a few cases of skirmishes outside the college premises, the first phase of polling for the students’ union elections in all the four-degree colleges including a girls’ college passed off peacefully here on Saturday.In the first phase, polling was held at Juhari Devi Girls College, DC Law, BND and the Halim Muslim Degree College amidst tight security. Girl students at the Juhari Devi participated at the polling strictly adhering to the code of conduct laid down by the district administration. Students refrained themselves from canvassing and even did not distribute the pamphlets to the voters. The college has strength of 4000 students.
However, at three co-ed colleges — the BND, DC Law and the Halim Muslim Degree colleges — heavy police force was deployed and the barricading were erected at several points to check the crowd of students and the supporters of the candidate. At BND College, there were 4500 students, including 1100 girl students. DC Law College has 1400 students, including 150 girl students while at Halim Muslim College there were 4000 students, including 2700 girl students.
In order to maintain peace during polling, the passage to DC Law College from MG College road and from the Muir Mill Mil crossing was closed for the traffic.
Student voters were allowed to go to the college on foot. Even at the college gate the barricading was raised and the students with the college identity cards were only allowed to enter the college premises. Before reaching polling booth, they had to undergo three security checks.
Similar security arrangements were made at the BND and the Halim Muslim Degree colleges and student in crowd were denied entry into the college premises. At both these colleges, the supporters of the candidates tried to take out processions in support of their candidates, but the police foiled their attempts.The polling, which continued for about four hours at every college, the normal traffic in the city remained unaffected. After the announcement of the results the winning candidates were not allowed to take out victory processions. This also helped to regulate the traffic.
