As candidates make last-ditch efforts, voters say don't fight varsity polls on natl issues

Slogans and dhapli beats filled the air on the JNU campus where students queued up to cast their votes in the student union elections Friday.

The beats of dhols amplified the sloganeering as the supporters of candidates made a last-ditch effort to sway voters in their favour outside the polling centres.

The voters wanted the candidates to raise issues concerning the campus instead of national issues.

"We want that whoever wins should work on issues such as water, shortage of hostels, compulsory attendance and others. It's good to have discussions on national issues but contesting university elections on national issues is not a good idea," Manisha from the School of Languages said.

Aditya Chaudhury from the School of International Relations said, "It's good to have an experience of realtime elections on the campus and feel what democracy is like."