Handique Girls' College student body polls pass off peacefully

GUWAHATI: The student body election of Handique Girls' College on Friday saw Dimple Das bagging the prestigious post of president of the student union, defeating her nearest rival, Ayesha Chaudhury, by over 700 votes. Manisha Deka was elected vice-president. This is the first time that the posts of president and vice-president were included in the election of the student body.
The general secretary's post was won by Liucinya Borchetia, while that of the assistant general secretary was bagged by Nrityanjali Sarmah. Others who won the elections include Shyamalima Das (cultural secretary), Purnima Hazarika (common room secretary), Kakoli Barman (games and sports secretary), Pompy Kakoti (community service secretary), and Sujata Gogoi (debate and symposium secretary).
The post of magazine secretary went to Himashri Kalita uncontested.
Pompy Kakoty, who won the post of community service secretary, said, "It obviously feels great, we are planning a lot of improvements in the college including an auditorium and a common room."
Alaka Chakraborty, vice-principal of the college, said, "This year, more than 900 students voted as compared to 647 last year. The total number of students in the college is 2,500. The election went of smoothly although we had made all necessary security arrangements."
She also said, "We have introduced the post of president and vice-president as per the Supreme Court directive, but professors would be there to help students take major decisions and students will have to keep us posted on everything."
Though there are no political parties involved in the election, sources said that some candidates were backed by Aasu.
Students were seen cheering their favourite winning candidates who they feel would be able to solve problems of the college like an auditorium, an improvised canteen and better toilet facilities. Rimjhim Das, a second semester arts student, said, "An auditorium is the most important requirement as of now and I hope the new students' body is able to work towards constructing a new auditorium and arrange a better canteen facility and a new common room too."