With elections to the Panjab University Campus Students' Council slated on September 12, the stage is set and the students are being wooed to cast their votes. The first on the list is the Congress, which recently held a meeting of the National Students' Union of India (NSUI) representatives, along with the Congress councillors to guide students about campaigning.
The councillors said they will encourage students in their wards to vote for the NSUI. They said they would do this by making the youths aware of the ideology of the Congress.
B B Bahl, president of the Chandigarh Territorial Congress Committee, said: "We will extend all possible support to the NSUI. The students will be given tips on campaigning. The councillors will help them in every way."
A visit by Sukhbir Badal, president of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), meanwhile, gave a shot in the arm to Students' Organisation of India (SOI). The student wing of the SAD, however, does not have much following on the campus, which is dominated by the Students' Organisation of Panjab University (SOPU) and the Panjab University Students Union (PUSU). They had held a rally earlier in a show of strength.
Pardeep Singh, president, SOI said: "It is important that political parties extend support to the various student organisations. It also paves way for the student politicians to gradually enter mainstream politics."
Former BJP MP Satya Pal Jain, however, said: "The BJP does not interfere in the student body elections. Our youth wing does not support the organisation on the campus."
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