College union elections: Campaigns end on a colourful note

KOCHI: On the last day of campaigning for elections in colleges affiliated to the MG University, the candidates tried to woo voters by drawing their attention to the problems in the education sector and the political system through popular art forms.
While the Students Federation of India (SFI) organized theyyam, the Kerala Students Union (KSU) conducted chenda melam to mark the conclusion of the fortnight-long campaign.
A three-hour theyyam dance was held at the Government Law College on Wednesday. SFI district secretary Adarsh said: "We are competing in the election to make college campuses secular. We will also protest against fee hike and setting up of more private colleges at a time when seats in government colleges remain vacant."
KSU has been focusing on the T P Chandrasekharan murder and other political killings. "We are trying to make students aware of the heinous nature of the political killings in the state. We have been conducting rallies and chenda melam," said KSU district secretary Tittu Anthony.
The major campuses in the city where elections are to be held are Government Law College, Maharaja's College, Thevara Sacred Hearts College, Thrikkakara Bharat Matha College and St Albert's College.
The college union elections will be conducted on Friday in both presidential and parliamentary systems amid tight security. In the presidential system, mainly followed in government colleges, students elect the union representatives through general polls. In the parliamentary system, followed mainly in private colleges, the union leaders are elected by class representatives.