AGRA Nine candidates are in the fray for the post of president for the Aligarh Muslim University Students’ Union (AMUSU) polls scheduled to be held on November 5 after a gap of eight years, according to the revised list issued after scrutiny and withdrawal of nominations.
For the cabinet member posts, 46 candidates have been found eligible to contest, while seven were declared ineligible during the scrutiny of nominations filed on Thursday. Meanwhile, the electoral contest for the Women’s College Students’ Union (WCSU) of the AMU has also gathered momentum, with six candidates in the fray for the president’s post, four for vice president and five for secretary, while 18 candidates have been found eligible for the post of cabinet member. Final speeches will be delivered on November 3 and polling for both students’ unions will take place on November 5. The counting of votes will begin at 6 pm the same day. To recall, AMU authorities accepted the students’ demand to hold union polls on October 9 following a 19-day-long protest. The students’ union election at the AMU was last held in 2018.
Besides, seven candidates are contesting for the post of vice president, while three candidates are in the fray for the post of secretary. Four candidates withdrew their nominations, while four others were declared ineligible. Prof Javaid Talib, chief election officer for the AMUSU elections, shared these details. Prof.
Nazia Hasan, chief election officer for the WCSU elections, said that during the scrutiny of nominations, one candidate each for the posts of president and vice president and three candidates for cabinet member were found ineligible.
