JNU students’ polls to be held according to Lyngdoh norms
NEW DELHI: The JNU Students Union which had earlier decided to boycott the Lyngdoh committee recommendations for the student body polls, has decided to abide by the same.
Over-riding the resolutions of the two previous General Body meetings held in December 2015 and March 2016, where it was decided that the JNUSU polls will be conducted as per the university constitution and not as per Lyngdoh panel’s recommendations, the students have now resolved to continue with the present arrangements.
The decision was taken at a meeting which began last midnight and continued for over 10 hours. The polls are then likely to coincide with the Delhi University Students Union (DUSU) polls for the fourth consecutive year.
Other resolution which were adopted during the meeting was condemning the incident of rape of a fellow student by a PHD scholar inside the campus and demand for immediate arrest of the accused claiming that delay has been aggravating the matter.
“It was decided that students will stage a protest in front of the police headquarters tomorrow demanding immediate arrest of the accused student. Police should oppose the bail during the hearing and restrain from providing information to the media as it adds to the trauma of the victim,” said JNUSU Vice President Shehla Rashid Shora.
The students will also take out a march on Friday night from Ganga Dhaba demanding justice for the girl.
After remaining suspended for 4 years over non-compliance of Lyngdoh committee recommendations which were implemented with a view to check money and muscle power, JNU had revived the election process in 2012.
The committee headed by former Chief Election Commissioner J M Lyngdoh had in 2005 recommended a cap of Rs 5,000 on election expenses per candidate besides formulating other rules and regulations for cleaning up campus politics.
In 2006, the Supreme Court had directed that these recommendations be implemented. After a four-year long legal battle, JNU students had in 2012 agreed to a five-point relaxation to them from the recommendations and went ahead with the polls. However, now the students have decided to reject the Lyngdoh committee recommendations and go by the JNU constitution. NEW DELHI: DTC has incurred loss of around Rs 3,506 crore in last fiscal and is taking several steps, like plying of feeder buses on narrow roads, to bring it down, Delhi Transport Minister Satyendar Jain on Wednesday said.
To a question raised by AAP MLA Somnath Bharti in the Delhi Assembly, he said feeder buses will also improve last mile connectivity and will not cause traffic congestion on narrow roads.
He also informed the House that PWD has been asked to build multi-level parking at Delhi Transport Corporation’s (DTC) 31 bus depots.
Jain said in 2015-16, DTC had incurred a loss of Rs 3,506.96 crore while during 2014-15, it was Rs 2,917.76 crore. In 2013-14, DTC had faced Rs 1,363.74 crore loss.
“We have introduced e-ticketing machines in buses operated by DTC which will bring down the number of ticketless passengers and increase revenue. Besides, DTC will allow multi-level parking at its 31 bus depots which will also increase earnings,” the minister said.