happening at Jawaharlal Nehru University where students are gearing up for a second union election within six months.
Aspiring candidates filed their nomination papers today for the September 14 polls to elect the University's next students' union.
The process began at 9 am and continued till a little past 5 in the evening as students filed nominations for over 30 posts across different schools and departments.
The election comes only six months after the March 1 polls that elected the students' first representative body in four years following a prolonged struggle for restoration of the democratic process for election of the students' body.
The Supreme Court's ban on elections in 2008 had cited violation of the Lyngdoh Committee recommendations but JNU students have vehemently opposed the implementation of the recommendations.
The last union was elected in March after a negotiated settlement involving the students representatives and the Supreme Court amicus curiae Gopal Subramaniam. (more)