Making efforts to clean DU campus, say candidates

“…My name will not be found painted on any wall. We have mostly only pasted posters… and a few have been removed,” he added. Chaudhary was added as a party to the HC litigation on Monday and has to appear before the court on October 28.

National Student Union of India’s presidential candidate Ronak Khatri disagreed with the court decision. “When Lok Sabha and Assembly elections take place, the entire city is filled with posters and walls are defaced, no one then talks about postponing counting of votes… Why is this being done now? Instead, the student union could be formed… the ones responsible for the defacement should be identified and they should carry out cleaning work.”

Khatri, too, has been added as a respondent in the litigation and has to appear before HC on October 28.

Voting for the DUSU election had taken place on September 27 but the HC had stayed the counting of votes, which was scheduled for September 28.

The Delhi University (DU) said the electronic voting machines (EVM) are safe in police custody in the strong rooms.

Speaking to The Indian Express, Satyapal Singh, Chief Election Officer for DUSU polls, said: “The university is awaiting the court’s order. As soon as we receive it, we will take the necessary steps. Until then, the EVMs are in police custody and safe in strong rooms and will remain so until counting is allowed.”