PUSU polls put off till further orders after 'unsavoury incidents'
PATNA, Feb. 22 -- Patna University Students' Union (PUSU) elections, 2025-26 , scheduled on February 28, has even postponed till further orders in view of some "unprecedented incident," said a Patna University notification llissued later Saturday evening.
The notification, signed by Dean (Student Welfare) was issued after a high-level meeting with the VC in the wake of an unsavoury incident, in which some students entered a classroom in the Patna Science College and resorted to unruly behaviour with fellow students as well as the teacher there.
Students were incensed over postponement and some of them even stopped the car of the VC demanding that elections should be held on February 28. Tense situation prevailed on the campus till publication of this report.
Two days ago, a group of students had also entered Patna Women's College, resorted to slogan shouting and violated the model code by using vehicles and printed posters before the start of the campaigning period.
Taking a stern view of the incident, the Presidential debate scheduled there had been called off as a warning to students that they would not be allowed to vitiate atmosphere in the name of PUSU election.
"However, the unruly behaviour at Patna Science College with fellow students and teacher was too much and a unanimous decision was taken to postpone the election with immediate effect. Students need to deserve election and it cannot be allowed to be a platform for hooliganism," said a senior PU official.
Saturday was the day when the names of the candidate for various central panel and councillors' posts were to be announced to set the stage for campaigning, but things went awry before that.
"All the candidates had been requested to go through the 'Code of Conduct, the Rules of Election and Campaigning and the statute issued by Raj Bhawan. The dos and don'ts were clearly laid down in keeping with the recommendations of the Lyngdoh committee to ensure election in a campus-centric, peaceful and healthy atmosphere," said the official.
This time the election was announced before the end of the one-year stipulated tenure of the PUSU to lay a platform for timely polls in future....
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