DU should be free from filth, politics: Mayor Gupta

Led by North Delhi Mayor Ravinder Gupta, civic workers today removed posters, pamphlets and strewn poll literature from Delhi University campus ahead of the student body elections, with the mayor saying that a temple of knowledge, should not become an "arena of politics".
North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) under Gupta launched a special sanitation-cum-cleanliness drive on the campus today to encourage students to keep the varsity clean and devoid of any "political shenanigans".
"We want to spread the message that the campus should be kept neat and clean as it is a temple of knowledge. After polls, these posters will have no value anyway, so why sully the beauty of the campus," Gupta said.

The mayor also alleged that several "paid hoardings" bearing image of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his message to his young followers in his AAP party's student wing Chatra Yuva Sangharsh Samiti (CYSS) were put up on the campus.
"On one hand he (Kejriwal) talks of being a neta of the aam aadmi and now he is using so much public fund to put up hoarding to add politics to the campus," he alleged.
Gupta, along with Rajya Sabha MP Vijay Goel, launched the drive at Maurice Nagar Chowk on the North Campus of the university.
"We wish to make Swachh Bharat Mission a success, and involve students in the drive. Yes, all parties have put up their posters, including our ABVP wing, but, we wan to tell all of them to not do that and make their own campus look ugly," he said.

He added that due to upcoming Delhi University Students Union (DUSU) elections, lot of recyclable waste is littered on streets which includes hoardings, banners, posters and pamphlets, especially on the roads near Delhi University.