CareerVoting continues for Delhi University elections, High Court continues counting, says there will be no result until there is clarification
Polling for the second session of Delhi University Students’ Union i.e. DUSU elections concluded at 7:30 p.m. Voting for the first team began at 8:30 a.m. The election results were supposed to be released tomorrow i.e. Saturday, but the Delhi High Court has currently stopped the counting due to the disorder in the election campaign. For this reason, the result may be delayed.
Heavy police forces were deployed around all the university’s colleges to maintain order during the polls. Students in day classes could vote until 1 p.m., while students in evening classes could vote from 3 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Voting took place today for the DUSU elections at Delhi University.
Delhi High Court banned counting
The counting of the DUSU elections was to take place on September 28, after which the result was to be declared on the same day. But at present, the Delhi High Court has banned this. The High Court said the recount would not take place until posters, graffiti, etc. were removed. related to the elections would not be cleaned from public and private property.
Acting Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court Manmohan and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela said: “The election process can continue as it is, but at present the counting will take place only when the court will be satisfied with the cleanliness.”
Regarding the filth spread during the campaign, the Delhi High Court declared that Delhi University was unable to accommodate 21 students. These 21 students give the university a bad name.
The court reprimanded Delhi University
The court told Delhi University that the expenses incurred by the MCD and Delhi Metro for election-related cleanliness will have to be borne by the university itself. After that, the university can recoup expenses from election candidates.
The Delhi High Court also came down heavily on Delhi University in this case. The court said this was actually a failure of the university.
The court said that the university’s candidates continued to violate the rules and the university had not taken any action, it was quite unfortunate. For this reason, the level of the university has fallen. The court said the DU vice-chancellor should have created a system, but he did nothing. How is it that these candidates continued to use luxury vehicles during their electoral campaigns?
Lawyer Prashant Manchanda filed a petition in this regard in the court and demanded that the election candidates and their parties clean up the posters, graffiti, etc. displayed in public places. In addition, they should also repair the places that were damaged during the election campaign. Lawyer Manchanda had submitted photographs of the candidates spreading garbage and using luxury vehicles during the campaign to the court along with the petition.
The court said it is the university’s responsibility to discipline students and if the university is unable to do so, it will have to take responsibility. The university will have to cover the entire cost of cleaning up the damage caused during the election campaign.
Apart from this, some DU students had also filed a petition in this regard, who were represented in the court by advocate Govind ji.
The university should use its power – HC
The court said that these students are pursuing higher studies. The university has more power than the court. If the students disagree, expel them directly from the college. So which elections will they participate in and what will they gain? The university is a moral authority and if the court can act, why not the university?
The university asked applicants to submit an affidavit for the removal of posters and graffiti on public property.