DUSU elections proposal debate: No extra voting on campus? College students divided, Government Committee stays undecided
Delhi College (DU) is contemplating a proposal to remove direct voting for the Delhi College College students’ Union (DUSU) elections – a system that has been in place for many years and likewise within the highlight usually for the drama it generates on campus. Final 12 months, the elections drew scrutiny from the Delhi Excessive Court docket, resulting in an unprecedented delay in counting of votes. In a gathering on final Thursday, the brand new voting proposal was placed on maintain, stalling any progress on introducing a brand new two-tier choice course of. Is that this, then, the tip of the street for this matter? “The EC has not decided but,” says LS Chaudhary, Government Committee (EC) member and Advocate Member of the Delhi College Court docket. “The matter was deferred within the assembly, however will probably be mentioned in upcoming periods,” he provides.
In the meantime, DU college students are divided on whether or not the brand new system will put an finish to “hooliganism” through the election campaigning, or curb the “democracy” on campus.
DUSU elections = Hooliganism
Shivani, BCom (Hons) pupil at Ramjas School, says: “Hooliganism at DU should finish. Through the years, DUSU elections have shifted from being a democratic course of to being one of many main causes for chaos on campus. Certainly, the rising issues of disrespect in the direction of fellow college students and rampant injury to private and non-private property demand fast consideration.”
Rohit Khanna, BA (Hons) Economics pupil at Dyal Singh School, says: “It is unhappy, however the DUSU elections have normalised uncivilised behaviour. It paints us, the scholars of DU, in such a damaging gentle that individuals throughout India assume that is how our political ideology is… If solely we had performed these elections with extra self-discipline and respect, we would not be having to debate the necessity for a brand new system of voting.”
Voting Cannot Be About Simply A Few Folks
Akashdeep Sharma, BCom (Hons) pupil at PGDAV School, says: “This proposed mannequin is much less efficient than direct elections. This oblique mannequin of voting will hinder the potential of scholars and create a barrier between them and their leaders. DUSU representatives are chosen by the scholars and each pupil will need to have the fitting to vote! If voting is proscribed to some individuals, how will democracy thrive?”
Tammanna Ali, BA (Hons) Political Science pupil at Lakshmibai School, says: “This proposal, if carried out, will result in biases and manipulation in how the DUSU will get fashioned. If the choice is left to only some, what’s the certainty that they will not have these in positions who already are inclined in the direction of a particular pupil physique? This might be an injustice to the opinion of the innumerable DU college students.”
Some political leaders who had been elected DUSU presidents:
Sudhanshu Mittal- 1981 to 82
Ajay Maken- 1985 to 86
Rekha Gupta – 1996 to 1997
Nupur Sharma- 2008 to 2009
