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The display of printed posters and banners is in violation of the norms set by the Lyngdoh Committee, which governs student elections. (File photo)
A check of the Delhi University’s north and south campuses revealed that not only were the walls plastered with election campaign material, but even the roads were littered with white, red and blue coloured pamphlets.
Campaign posters and banners are plastered on the walls of the Delhi University campus, despite the chief electoral officer giving a 24-hour ultimatum to candidates to remove the posters and banners a day earlier.
A check of the Delhi University’s north and south campuses revealed that not only were the walls plastered with election campaign material, but even the roads were littered with white, red and blue coloured pamphlets.
On Monday, the chief electoral officer for the 2024-25 DUSU elections issued a notice to all candidates, directing them to remove posters and banners carrying their names and ballot paper numbers from the university campus within 24 hours.
The notification also emphasises that candidates are only allowed to use designated “democracy walls” to paste handmade posters. However, these rules are not being followed at the ground level.
The display of printed posters and banners is in violation of the norms set by the Lyngdoh Committee, which regulates student elections.
“We are keeping a close watch on any violation of election rules. Notices were issued yesterday and we are in the process of identifying the violators. Appropriate action will be taken soon,” Chief Electoral Officer Satyapal Singh told PTI.
Defacing property is also prohibited under the Delhi Prevention of Property Defacement Act, 2007. Despite this, campaign material continues to surface and a traffic constable said more than 50 challans are being issued daily.
He said, “MCD employees remove the posters and banners, but by night the students put them up again.” The constable also said that during election campaign rallies, there is huge traffic jam due to the convoy of cars, making it difficult to manage the area.
Expressing concern over the aggressive campaign tactics of parties like the ABVP and the NSUI, a DU student said party workers often barge into libraries and classrooms to distribute pamphlets.
“There is a lot of wastage of paper, which is worrying. They distribute slips asking us to vote for their candidates, but I think they could have easily told it verbally instead of disrupting classes,” the student said.
However, an NSUI supporter said the candidates had deliberately misspelt their names on the pamphlets and banners to evade the authorities’ notice.
Voting violations are nothing new in Delhi University elections. In 2017, the National Green Tribunal ordered DU to expel and fine students who deface walls with posters. However, despite these previous interventions, election-related posters and paper wastage continue to be rampant every year.
(This story has not been edited by AyraNews24x7 staff and is published from syndicated news agency feeds.) PTI,
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