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By Lakshmi B.Ghosh
NEW DELHI, OCT. 31. The battle for the central panel may be the focal point of the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union elections (JNUSU), but for most students on the campus it will be their vote for their own school councillors that will eventually decide how much of their problems get heard and solved. Although a low profile part of the elections, the post of councillor is seen as a launch pad for those looking at a long political inning on the campus, especially prospective future leaders. With popularity and personal relations often playing as important a role here as political affiliations, it is eventually the councillors who go on to present the issues concerning their school to the central panel. While the issues differ from school to school, the ideological plank continues to dominate here too, with candidates invariably seen in the ideological and political affiliations that they come with rather than just the work that they promise. With the School of Languages, School of International Studies, and School of Social Sciences being the largest in terms of the number of students, the highest number of councillors too get elected from here, with each school getting five councillors every year. "Our primary concern and issue this time is helping students with better career options. Apart from promising the launch of an e-magazine that will give students the space to get their articles and research papers published. As far as national issues are concerned, our major call is secularism,'' said Mathew Kuzhalanadan, who is contesting for the National Students' Union of India (NSUI) from the School of International Studies. But then again, it is not always necessary that a contesting central panel candidate has had the experience of being a councillor. The SFI's presidential candidate this year, Parimal Maya Sudhakar, has been in the central panel before but did not have to come through the councillor path, as his experience as a SFI member was enough proof of his popularity then. "Councillors play a very important role in the election. Since they are the ones who keep daily contact with the students and their problems, they form an important link. It is not possible for the central panel to keep in touch with students of all schools through the year, so the councillors play a significant role,'' admitted Parimal, adding: "It also works as a stepping stone as the experience really helps the candidate. The election result of the schools has an impact on the central panel as it gives the overall impression of our candidates and party.''
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