New Delhi: Delhi University (DU) elections campaigning concluded calmly, on Wednesday i.e. September 1, 2010, here, in the city. The campaign was conducted as per the official guidelines of DU, which includes abstain from campaigning in open jeeps, using drums and other musical instruments. As the students abided by the official guidelines for campaigning, only a handful of posters at selected locations like 'Wall of Democracy’ could be seen, in the North Campus.
To maintain law and order, policemen were intensively patrolling the campus on vans, bikes and on foot. Gopi Nath, Station House Officer, Maurice Nagar Police Station, said that the situation is normal. Moreover, policemen in civil dress were stationed outside all the women's colleges. Gurmeet Singh, chief election officer, said that they have not received any complaints of breaking of rules by the candidates. The campaigning was done in a peaceful and orderly manner.
DU elections 2010 are scheduled to be held on Friday i.e. September 3, 2010. The candidates of the two major students' organization are: Harish Choudhary of National Students' Union of India (NSUI) and Jitender Chaudhary of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) for the president's post; Vardhan Chaudhary (NSUI) and Priya Dabas (ABVP) for vice-president's post; Deepika Deshwal (NSUI) and Neetu Dabas (ABVP) for secretary's post; and Akshay Kumar (NSUI) and Saurabh Uniyal (ABVP) for joint secretary's post.
