Hours later,students work on election plans

On the waiver of the mandatory 75 per cent attendance criteria for contesting elections,former JNUSU president Sandeep said,“There is no concept of attendance in JNU.”

Reacting to the court verdict,JNU Vice-Chancellor S K Sopory said,“I’m happy that elections have been reinstated. From now on,we will leave it to the students to decide.”

The court did not accept the suggestions made for allowing students to contest twice for posts of office-bearers.

Sucheta De,National Joint Secretary of All India Students’ Association,said,“This is an extraordinary situation as the academic year usually begins around August and the judgment has come at a time when the campus is on vacation and we will not be able to reach any conclusion till we have a university general body meeting in January.”

Most parties see this as an “interim arrangement”,and not a “final settlement”,maintaining that the Lyngdoh Committee guidelines are “an aberration of campus democracy”.

“Even after the JNUSU comes into place,opposition against Lyngdoh Committee suggestions will continue,” said Bonojyotsana,Executive Committee Member of Democratic Students’ Union.