The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student union elections, which have been keenly contested over the decades, is witnessing many firsts this year from the first-ever woman election commissioner to
The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student union elections, which have been keenly contested over the decades, is witnessing many firsts this year from the first-ever woman election commissioner to several political outfits making their debut.
“It is for the first time that a girl has been appointed as the chief election commissioner for student union polls which is a good start,” a JNUSU member said.
For the first time All-India Students’ Association, the student wing of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) and Students Federation of India (SFI) have formed an alliance for JNU polls, which has been named as “Left Unity”.
Students Front for Swaraj (SFS), the student wing of AAP’s breakaway group Swaraj Abhiyan, has also fielded its candidates for the four crucial central panel posts in JNU for the first time. However, Left-affiliated All India Students’ Federation (AISF) which had opened its account in the JNUSU polls winning the president’s post last year will not be contesting this time.
JNUSU is the representative body of the students in the varsity. The polling is scheduled on September 9, same as that for the Delhi University Students Union (Dusu). The poll pattern at JNU, however, differs from that of DU.
Besides the routine campaigning, the candidates in JNU are also supposed to make speeches about their agenda followed by a round of questions at the presidential debate.
The nightlong event that took place on Wednesday night is conducted in the style of US presidential debates and is a sought after event and most of the times also a deciding factor for the union elections.
