Candidates must first remove defacement on public and private properties. The Delhi High Court recently declined to order the counting of votes for the Delhi University Student Union (DUSU) elections, emphasising that the candidates’ removal of defacement on public and private properties must occur first. In response, the candidates involved in the election have stated that they are actively working to clean the DU campus daily.
The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) presidential candidate, Rishabh Chaudhary, said they have been assiduously trying to clean the DU campus daily and supporting the court’s orders. He says the campus is almost pristine now. In addition, he underlined the ABVP’s respect for the legal system, noting that the court’s measures are intended to improve the students’ futures and establish a favourable precedent.
Chaudhary went on to explain that there isn’t any graffiti on campus that bears his name. He said they have mainly simply shown posters, some of which have since been removed. Chaudhary is due in court on October 28 after being added as a party to the current High Court case.
The National Student Union of India’s presidential nominee, Ronak Khatri, stated that he disagreed with the most recent court ruling. He noted that while cities are frequently blanketed in posters and public areas are vandalised before Lok Sabha and Assembly elections, no one proposes delaying the vote-counting process in those cases.
Khatri questioned the timing of such actions, hinting that the establishment of a student union may potentially happen right away. He underlined that authorities should concentrate on finding the defacers and assigning them the responsibility to clean the DU campus-impacted places rather than postponing the procedure.
On September 27, the Delhi University Students’ Union (DUSU) held its election. On September 28, the original date of the vote counting, the Delhi High Court issued an order stopping it. The institution claims that the electronic voting machines (EVMs) have been safely kept in police-guarded, strong rooms.
Chief Election Officer Satyapal Singh said that the institution is awaiting additional directives from the court about the DUSU elections. He promised that the proper steps would be taken as soon as the court’s ruling was received. The EVMs will be held by the police until the counting procedure is approved in the interim.
