Same old tale at NSUI rally

Swati Sharma / TNN / Aug 23, 2006, 02:37 IST

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Flouting laws and flaunting strength, the chutzpah was all over as NSUI held its first rally of the session on Tuesday.

NEW DELHI: The game of DUSU elections is yet to begin, but the heat is on for sure. Flouting laws and flaunting strength, the chutzpah was all over as NSUI held its first rally of the session on Tuesday.
While the list of candidates is yet to be announced, NSUI activists brazenly violated laws by plastering posters in DU premises, blocking the entire Chhatra Marg for almost three hours, using loudspeakers, elephants, camels, and roping in non-DU students to prove their strength.
The rally called 'Shakti Pradarshan' saw the presence of around 5,000 NSUI activists, most of whom were non-DUites. There were over 200 cars that blocked the traffic from University Metro station and hampered any movement in the entire north campus.
These cars included high-end SUV vehicles and luxury vehicles. Accepting the inconvenience caused to the students on a working day, Amrita Dhawan, vice-president, DUSU said: "This rally was organised to show the strength and power our party enjoys.

It's a message to the opposition signifying the results of the upcoming elections." Terming the scene of student politics in DU unfortunate, Gurmeet Singh, chief election officer, said: "The rally was a sleazy show of strength enjoyed by these outfits from political parties.
Almost 80% of the students in the rally were not from DU. Since the list of candidates hasn't been announced, it was a redundant exercise only meant to disrupt the working day in the university."

Singh added that the violation of code of conduct could not be applied, as it is only applicable to a candidate and not to a party.
While a candidate is allowed to spend only Rs 10,000, the party spending pointed way above the limit. According to Singh, a complaint was lodged against these political outfits a month back for tarnishing the walls by writing on them.
"They were fined Rs 10,000, but for them, it's only peanuts."

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