Jaipur, July 24 -- Former Rajasthan Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Ashok Gehlot on Thursday demanded that the state government restore student union elections in Rajasthan, which have remained suspended since December 2023.

Gehlot issued the demand after meeting with the All Rajasthan Student Union Election Struggle Committee at his residence in Jaipur. The delegation of student leaders met him to express their concerns over the continued delay in conducting campus elections in universities and colleges across the state.

Gehlot reminded that the student union elections were banned during the BJP government from 2003 to 2008, but were restarted by the Congress government in 2010. However, in 2020, the elections were postponed ...