Campaigning heats up for Delhi University students elections

(Source: Photo by Tashi Tobgyal)

Over the past few weeks at Delhi University’s North Campus, a multitude of colourful posters have taken over every inch of available space — from walls and vehicles to even statues. In bold print, the posters call out to each passerby to vote for their party in the upcoming DU Students’ Union (DUSU) polls on September 11. (Source: Photo by Tashi Tobgyal)

Candidates walk around looking like human billboards, with stickers of their names and party stuck on their shirts, as they go around reminding passersby to vote for a particular number.

Supporters of a student wing party putting up campaign posters for the forthcoming DUSU elections on campus in New Delhi. (Source: Photo by Tashi Tobgyal)

“I have been sitting on a dharna for the last 16 days demanding implementation of the Rent Control Act, right in the heart of the campus, but no party seems to have noticed me. It is one of the most pressing student issues. Candidates walk around asking for votes but they do not want to talk about students’ needs,” says Pravin Kumar, who has been sitting in protest at the Arts Faculty.

Election campaigning in Delhi University North Campus for the forthcoming DUSU polls in New Delhi. (Source: Photo by Tashi Tobgyal)

"These elections are different from the previous DUSU elections, because for the first time we have a student body using unprecedented money power and government muscle to make its presence felt," says ABVP Delhi state secretary Saket Bahuguna, while hinting at the AAP’s alleged ‘overt’ involvement in the campaigning. (Source: Photo by Tashi Tobgyal)

Delhi University (DU)’s North Campus has turned into a veritable war-zone. From canteens and cars to desks and dustbins, candidates follow students wherever they go, urging them to vote for them, for ‘development’, ‘equality’ and ‘fairness’. In a bid to out-do each other, parties offer students everything, from free Wi-Fi to new colleges. (Source: Photo by Tashi Tobgyal)

All parties have left no stone unturned in reaching out to students. While the ABVP and NSUI tried to woo students with fresher parties and football tournaments, the CYSS had Roadies’ Raghu Ram welcoming freshers at college gates during the first day of the session.

ABVP members and supporters dance to the tunes of the campaign songs in Delhi University. (Source: Photo by Tashi Tobgyal)

Delhi University (DU)’s North Campus has turned into a veritable war-zone. From canteens and cars to desks and dustbins, candidates follow students wherever they go, urging them to vote for them, for ‘development’, ‘equality’ and ‘fairness’. In a bid to out-do each other, parties offer students everything, from free Wi-Fi to new colleges.

Supporters of the presidential candidate Bhuvnesh Saini for DUSU from the campus law centre have come with a campaign called 'Go Green'. The supporters and his team go around the campus cleaning up all the dirt and litter of the election with dustbins on which his appeal for votes are to be seen, on the campus in New Delhi. (Source: Photo by Tashi Tobgyal)