India, Aug. 31 -- As Saturday remained a working day for Panjab University (PU) with a view to provide student organisations an extra day for campaigning ahead of the September 3 elections, Lyngdoh Committee guidelines went for a toss as party workers blatantly defaced and littered the campus with party stickers.

The South Campus was the worst affected as all parties flocked to the University Institute of Engineering and Technology (UIET), which has around 2,300 voters this year, the highest of all departments. While stickers from the day before turned into pulp due to overnight rain, fresh campaigning by Association of Students for Alternative Politics (ASAP), National Students Union of India (NSUI) and others added to the garbage heap....