Reaching out to the grassroots level, arranging visits, campaigning for candidates and connecting with young voters are few of the responsibilities political parties have allocated to their students' union leaders ahead of the Lok Sabha polls.
While students' union elections have long been viewed as a stepping stone to mainstream electoral politics, political parties see them as an efficient way of connecting with the youth and forming a base.
With the first phase of Lok Sabha elections just a week away, the students' unions at various universities have been working hard to boost the poll prospects of their parent parties.
Delhi University Students' Union president Shakti Singh, a member of the BJP's Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, said, "Before the polls were announced, we held a voter awareness campaign in DU colleges and some residential areas nearby where we told people that they should support the right-wing in the interest of nationalism."
President of Rajasthan University Students' Union (RUSU), Vinod Jhakhar, said, "I am not affiliated to any party but the upcoming Lok Sabha elections are very important for the country. I, along with other students and my supporters, will be starting a door-to-door campaign from April 1, wherein we will be encouraging everybody to vote and make their choice wisely."
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