Around 90 per cent campus free from defacement : DU

The Delhi University (DU) has been under scrutiny from Delhi High Court over public property defacement. It is regarding the defacement during the campaign period. On Saturday, October 27, DU told, the banners, posters and other articles have been removed.

“More than 90 per cent of the colleges or departments have made their campus free from any kind of defacement,” the DU said in a statement.

It further stated, DU Vice Chancellor Yogesh Singh has inspected the colleges himself and took stick of the cleanliness across the university. The DUSU Chief Election Officer, Professor Satyapal Singh had deployed teams to examine the public property in and around the campus.

Post the rule, the university constituted a committee lead by VS to check the defacement.

The CEO told that various DUSU candidates, along with their teams, have cleaned the walls. They have also submitted photographs of cleaned properties to the election office. He further added that two candidates have also submitted videos of the cleaning.

Amidst the campaign season, there were reports of defacement and property damage on which a notice had also been issued which stated ,“The DUSU election office is keeping a close watch over the display of banners, posters and the number of vehicles used in rallies and other modes of canvassing by different candidates. These should be strictly within the limits mentioned in the Lyngdoh Committee recommendations,”.

 Later Delhi High court ruled, Voting will happen however counting would not take place until the clearance of college premises from posters and banners.

In the recent update, October 9, the Delhi High directed the candidates of Delhi University students’ Union (DUSU) to restore campus structures which were defaced. The court, which had previously halted the counting and announcement of results on September 28, emphasized that its intention was to convey a strong message against such violations rather than disrupt the election process. "Why don't you clean up the mess.