JNUSU polls: Candidature of student cancelled

A JNU student's candidature for the union polls was cancelled today after it came to light that he furnished wrong information at the time of filing his nomination.
"The candidature of Vinay Pathak, from School of Computer and System Sciences, for the post of councillor has been cancelled. He provided false information to the election committee regarding his date of birth," Ishita Mana, Chief Election Commissioner for JNU Students' Union polls, said.
The polling will be held on September 9 and the counting of votes will begin the same night.
Besides the routine campaigning, the candidates in JNU are also supposed to make speeches about their agenda followed by a round of questions at the "presidential debate". This time, it will be held on September 7.

The night-long event, conducted in the style of US Presidential debate, is a sought after affair and also a deciding factor for the students' union elections.
Last year, AISF had opened its account in the JNUSU polls winning the president's post, while RSS' student wing ABVP has bagged one of the four central panel slots after a gap of 14 years.
While AISF is not contesting this year, the left-backed All India Students Association and the Student Federation of India have formed an alliance named "Left Unity".
Other parties who have fielded their candidates in the JNU polls this year include ABVP, the Congress-affiliated National Students Union of India (NSUI), Democratic Students Federation (DSF) and Birsa Ambdekar Phule Students Association (BAPSA).