Student elections in Gurunanak Girls PG College, AND Girls College on September 7, 8

KANPUR: Nominations for the student elections were held at Gurunanak Girls PG College and AND Girls College on Thursday between 10 am and 12 pm. The candidates and their supporters reached the venue dancing on the beat of dhol.
As many 18 nomination papers were filed by the students in Gurunank Girls PG College and 31 in AND College. In Gurunank College, voting will be held to elect a president, vice-president, general secretary and joint secretary on September 7.Students could withdraw the nominations on Friday.
In AND Degree College, the girls danced to the tunes of dhol and campaigned on the campus and tried woo the voters.
The authorities of these colleges have clarified that the elections would be strictly on the basis recommendations made by Lyngdoh committee. In these two colleges, student council would be constituted. The candidates are those who have been elected as class representatives. Over every 100 students, one class representative had been elected. The candidates for president, vice-president and general secretary would be chosen among these class representatives.
In AND college, elections would be held on September 8. In Gurunanak Girls College, the strength of students is nearly 2,200. In AND College, the number is over 5,000.
Meanwhile, notification for student union elections was issued in VSSD Degree College on Thursday. Over 5,000 students of BA, BSc, BCom, MA, MSc, MCom and LLB will elect a president and a general secretary.
The nomination forms had been made available from Thursday and students can avail the forms till September 1. The presidential candidates will have to spend Rs 300 for the nomination forms and those aspiring to be general secretary could get it for Rs 250. The college administration has also issued the election code of conduct. A ban has been imposed on erecting hoardings, cut-outs and banners within and outside the college premises, principal Arvind Singh said.
The nominations would be held on September 3 from 11 am to 1.30 pm. The elections would be held on September 7 from 10 am to 2 pm. The results will be declared the same day. Students possessing identity cards will be allowed to cast votes.
Order to hold student elections as per Lyngdoh panel suggestions
Kanpur: IG Sunil Kumar Gupta on Thursday issued instructions to all SSPs/SPs of the districts the zone to ensure that the student union elections in universities and degree colleges should be conducted as per the recommendations of JM Lyngdoh Committee recommendations.
Chief minister Akhilesh Yadav had decided to revive the student union elections in all universities and degree colleges across the state. A GO was issued on March 21, 2012 to hold the student union elections on basis of Lyngdoh Committee recommendations.
There were no elections for the student unions during the BSP regime between May 2007 and March 2012. There are 11 universities and 134 government degree colleges across the state.
The code of conduct recommended by former chief election commissioner JM Lyngdoh has been made mandatory for all universities across the country since 2006. Earlier, in December 2005, Lyngdoh Committee was constituted by the HRD ministry as per the directions of the Supreme Court to frame guidelines on student union election in colleges and universities.
Lyngdoh committee's recommendations are meant to keep out political parties, money and muscle power from the campus.
The recommendations include a ban on use of printed material, including posters, pamphlets, hoardings and banners for publicity. Candidates are allowed to use handmade publicity material. With a view to prevent the inflow of funds from political parties and various other illegal sources, the candidates are barred from utilising funds from any other source other than voluntary contributions from the student body. A ceiling of Rs 5,000 on expenditure has also been fixed.
A 75 per cent attendance record or the minimum prescribed by university, whichever is higher is mandatory. Upper age limit of the candidate is fixed at 28 for research students. Use of loud speakers, vehicles and animals has also been banned. The candidates have been asked not to conduct activities that could result in causing tension between castes, communities or religious groups. The committee has also recommended that students with clean background and against whom no criminal cases are pending in any court or who have not been sentenced by any court and against whom no disciplinary action had been initiated by the college or university authorities can contest the elections.