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Independent candidate elected DUSU president

September 6, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

New Delhi, Sep 5 (ANI): An independent candidate, Manoj Chaudhury of the Department of Buddhist Studies won the president’s post of the Delhi University Student’s Union (DUSU) elections on Saturday.

After a gap of 18 years an independent candidate is becoming the president of DUSU. In 1991 Rajiv Goswami won the DUSU presidentship being an independent candidate riding the anti – Mandal wave.

The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad’s nominee (ABVP) Kirti Vadhera of Miranda House bagged the Vice President’s post.

The National Students Union of India’s (NSUI) Ashradeep Kaur of Campus Law Centre won the post of Secretary, while Samajwadi Chatra Sabha’s Anupriya Tyagi of Hansraj College bagged the post of Joint Secretary.

The Samajawadi Chatra Sabha (SCS), the student’s wing of Samajwadi Party has opened its account in the varsity body by winning the post of Joint Secretary.

Earlier, during the run up to the DUSU polls, both the major student wings the NSUI and the ABVP, had received a jolt as the nominations of three candidates each from both the outfits were rejected by the University election authorities for violating rules laid by the Lingdoh Commission.

A total of 29 candidates were in fray for the four DUSU posts of President, Vice-President, Secretary and Joint Secretary.

Nearly 30,500 of the total around 88,000 students voted in the polls. Chief Election Officer Gurmeet Singh said it was one of the cleanest and well-organised polls.

Increased security arrangements were made this time to conduct smooth and violence-free elections. About 750 electronic voting machines (EVM) were used for polls at 50 centres, he added. (ANI)

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SC seals fate of disqualified DUSU candidates, dismisses petition

September 3, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

New Delhi, Sep 3 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Thursday sealed the fate of five students from National Students’ Union of India (NSUI) and Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (AVBP), who challenged disqualification of their nomination for the Delhi University Students Union (DUSU) election.

The apex court dismissed the special leave petition filed by NSUI candidate Deepak Negi and another student, and said: “We find no ground to interfere with the impugned order of the High Court. The petition is dismissed.”

A three-judge Bench of Justices B N Aggrawal, G S Singhvi and Aftab Alam gave the order.

Earlier, the Chief Election Officer had disqualified five candidates, Deepak Negi for the post of President (NSUI) and Umesh Tomar for the post of Vice President (NSUI) and Rohit Chahal for President (ABVP), Lalit Kumar for Secretary (ABVP) and joint secretary Ashok Khare (ABVP), on the ground of violation of code of conduct following failure to comply with the Lyngdoh Committee recommendations.

Following the disqualification the students had filed a petition in the High Court challenging the University’s decision, however, the High Court said that the Chief Election Officer had taken the decision in accordance with the rules.

After the High Court decision the two candidates moved to the Supreme Court on September 1, and had sought an urgent hearing as the DUSU polls are scheduled for Friday. (ANI)

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Disqualified DUSU candidates plea dismissed by Delhi High Court

September 1, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

New Delhi, Sep 1(ANI): A plea filed by five disqualified Delhi University Students Union (DUSU) poll candidates from National Students’ Union of India (NSUI) and Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (AVBP) was dismissed by the Delhi High Court on Tuesday.

The students had filed a petition in the High Court challenging the University’s decision, which had disqualified them on the ground of violation of code of conduct following failure to comply with the Lyngdoh Committee recommendations, however the High Court said that the Chief Election Officer had taken the decision in accordance with the rules.

The Election officer had disqualified the candidates, Deepak Negi for the post of President (NSUI) and Umesh Tomar for the post of Vice President (NSUI) and Rohit Chahal for President (ABVP), Lalit Kumar for Secretary (ABVP) and joint secretary Ashok Khare (ABVP).

The officer had found them violating recommendations, which included spending more than the Rs 5,000 allotted for each candidate, using cars and organising rallies for the election campaign.

In the petition, the ABVP candidates said that the University misinterpreted the recommendations and sought the High Court to restore their right to contest the election. (ANI)

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Students’ protest against alleged forced blood denotation in Rajasthan

August 22, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Chomu (Rajasthan), Aug 22(ANI): Angry residents of Chomu, a town 60 km from Jaipur, took to streets on Saturday following reports that teenaged school children were allegedly forced to donate blood at a medical camp.

Student organisations Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) organised the protest march.

The protestors alleged that a ruling Congress party deputy had organised the blood donation camp to mark the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi last Thursday (August 20) and that students below 18 years of age were forced to donate blood against their wishes.

Over 50 students from a state-run school had participated in the blood donation camp, and some of them alleged that they were forced to donate blood.

“They took out my blood. They told me that it just a blood test and I was forced to donate. They also beat up a lot of people who tried to protest,” said Tarachand, a student.

The incident came to light when a student named Mukesh fell ill after blood donation and was referred to a hospital in Jaipur. His condition was reported to be unstable.

“My child was admitted in the emergency ward of SMS hospital. But, later he was shifted to the general ward and is being given glucose. He is not talking and hasn’t come into consciousness. He has a severe pain in his head. He had a high fever last night,” said Om Prakash, father of Mukesh.

However, Congress party deputy Sahni denied the allegations saying that no one was forced to blood and termed the protest as a ploy to defame him.

“It was a blood donation camp and many school children gave blood. I read in the papers that a boy fell ill after giving blood. This incident has been hatched to defame me,” said Sahni n defense. (ANI)

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ABVP protests against Rahul Gandhi’s visit to Chhattisgarh university

August 21, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Raipur (Chhattisgarh), Aug 21(ANI): Activists of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the students’ wing of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), staged a protest against Rahul Gandhi, visiting the Pandit Ravishankar Shukla University in Raipur on Friday.

They claimed that such visits by political leaders only politicised the campus environment.

Gandhi interacted with members of the National Students Union of India (NSUI), the student wing of the Congress party.

“In the past too, the ABVP has demanded that politicising the university campus should not happen. Earlier, university authorities didn’t allow such activities, but, due to political pressure by Congress workers, the authorities have again given permission to hold programmes on the university campus,” claimed Neelesh Koshal, an ABVP leader.

“ABVP has always maintained that places of education should be kept out of politics,” Koshal added. (ANI)

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Prof Sabharwal murder accused acquitted by Nagpur session court

July 14, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Nagpur, July 13 (ANI): All six Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) activists who were accused in the H S Sabharwal murder case were acquitted by a sessions court here today.

In its verdict, the court said it was acquitting all ABVP activists as the prosecution had failed to prove their involvement in the murder.

According to the lawyer of the accused, the court further noted that the prosecution had failed to file conclusive evidence to prove that the six were present at the murder site.

Professor. Sabharwal, the head of the political science department of Ujjain’s Madhav College, died on August 26 2006 from lung and rib injuries after being beaten up by ABVP activists.

He was trying to convince students about the need for postponing the college union elections. (ANI)

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Shooting of ‘Total Ten’, film on Mumbai terror attacks underway

April 23, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Mumbai, Apr 23 (ANI): On location shooting of forthcoming Bollywood film ‘Total Ten’ is underway in Mumbai.

The film would star Rajan Verma, who essays the role of Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone terrorist caught alive during the Mumbai terror attack in November 2008.

Produced by Hari Om Sharam, Anand Pandrey and Kumar, Total Ten is budgeted at a meagre Rs. 3 crore and shows the journey of Kasab from Pakistan to the trial court in Mumbai.

The other actors performing the movie are Sudesh Berry, who plays Vijay Salaskar (former Senior Police officer and encounter specialist), Homi Wadia, who plays Hemant Karkare (former Chief of Mumbai anti-terrorist squad), Ashok Kulkarni, who plays Ashok Kamte (former Additional Commissioner of Mumbai police) and Ashish Vidyarthi, who plays Tukaram Ombale (former assistant sub-inspector of Mumbai Police).

All these brave men were killed while fighting the terrorists in the 26/11 Mumbai attacks.

Describing the theme of his movie, Surendar Suri said that Total Ten was a tribute to these Mumbai police officers who paid the ultimate price while fighting for their countrymen.

“The title of the film ‘Total Ten’ if you read then you will come to know that there were only ten Mumbai police officers who got Ashok Chakra (bravery awards) and only those people get Ashok Chakra who have performed some heroic deeds. So this film is my tribute to their bravery,” said Suri.

Rajan Verma said he believes that the movie will give a message to those youngsters who have gone off track but not to trod the path of terrorism.

“This is not a mere film but it’s a message from those terrorists who are churned out of so called terror factories. We don’t have to finish one terrorist but we have to close those terror factories. And these terror factories will stop when the raw material (the youngsters) supplied to them is stopped. Through this film I have to give a message to those youngsters who have gone astray not to become terrorists,” said Verma.

Kasab was one of 10 gunmen who arrived in Mumbai last November via sea route from Pakistan to terrorise the city, killing 166 people. By Shaikh Sharik (ANI)

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Filing of nominations for the second phase of elections picks up momentum

March 29, 2009 By admin 1 Comment

New Delhi, Mar 29 (ANI): The filing of nominations for Assembly and Lok Sabha seats has picked up momentum with President Pratibha Patil issuing a notification for the second phase of elections.

The second phase of polling, scheduled on April 23 would include 25 seats in Maharashtra, 20 in Andhra Pradesh, 17 each in Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka, 13 each in Bihar and Madhya Pradesh and 11 each in Assam and Orissa.

A total of 130 nominations were filed for Lok Sabha and 1086 nominations for Assembly in the sixth day on Saturday for the coming Lok Sabha elections.

Several prominent candidates including Ministers, sitting MPs and MLAs filed nomination papers.

Some of these important leaders include – Bharatiya Janata Party’s Lal Muni Chaubey from Buxar, Communist Party of India- Marxist (CPI-M) leader Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi from Nawada, Union minister of Bihar for tourism Kanti Singh of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), Congress leader Awadhesh Kumar Singh from Karakat, and RJD’s Surendra Prasad Yadav from Jehanabad.

In Chhattisgarh, 48 candidates from different political parties submitted their nominations. The nominations included two candidates of the Congress, four of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and five of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Other parties like the Chhattisgarh Vikash Party, Gondwana Gantantra Party have also fielded their candidates in the state.

In Orissa, one independent candidate has filed his nomination for Lok Sabha election and two candidates for Assembly election.

The last date for filing nominations is April 4. These nominations will be examined on April 6.

April 8 is the date for withdrawal of nominations, according to State Election Office release.

Notification for the first phase involving 124 constituencies was issued on March 23. Counting of votes for all five phases would be taken up on May 16. (ANI)

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