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Students want union poll put off

BHUBANESWAR: A group of student sat on a hunger strike in front of Vice Chancellor’s office on campus of Utkal University here on Monday demanding postponement of holding election to Students’ Union to the month of September. Students alleged that though formal notification in connection to election was not issued, University authorities were preparing to hold the election on August 24 that would not be suitable for all the students.

"Students are yet to get admission in Part-1 classes of Post Graduate courses in Law. By the time they would step on the campus, the election would have been over," Subhasish Acharya, a student leader, said.

He said it was the usual practice of the university to conduct election after all the admission processes were over. "But when the admission process is incomplete, how can the authorities think of holding the election?" Subhasish asked. When the State Government had issued a precise notifications several months back on college and university elections, why authorities slept over it and could not complete the admission process before, another student leader, Pabitrananda Pradhan, said.

"It sounds illogical that how can first year students of all other department who would have hardly spent two or three days on campus could participate in the election process. Moreover, several students have not reached the University due to floods in different districts," Subhasish said. The students threatened that if their demands were not met they would resort to non-cooperation on the campus.

The Monday also saw over a hundred students of Rajdhani College taking to the street protesting against J. M. Lyngdoh commission recommendations on college elections. Students blocked National Highway 5 on which vehicular movement came for a halt for half an hour.

Later when district authorities impressed upon the students that they could file their protest in writing against the Lyngdoh Commission recommendation, then only normalcy returned.

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