{"id":12076,"date":"2026-05-03T08:30:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T03:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/no-porsche-no-merc-du-may-ban-campaign-cars-for-dusu-polls-delhi-news\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T08:30:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T03:00:18","slug":"no-porsche-no-merc-du-may-ban-campaign-cars-for-dusu-polls-delhi-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/no-porsche-no-merc-du-may-ban-campaign-cars-for-dusu-polls-delhi-news\/","title":{"rendered":"No Porsche, no Merc? DU may ban campaign cars for DUSU polls | Delhi News"},"content":{"rendered":"


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. In the name of celebration supporters of ABVP violate all traffic rules and regulation after Delhi University Election results.————-ANINDYA CHATTOPADHYAY<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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. After a gap of three years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Delhi University is all set to hold its student union elections on September 22. Everywhere you can feel the pulse of the DUSU election. Huge hoardings, and posh cars like Maybach, and Lamborghini were also seen for the campaign. Not only the campuses of colleges are covered in posters and their premises littered with pamphlets and cards, but walls of the flyover near Akshardham, areas quite far from colleges suffer the same fate. The massive wastage of paper for printed campaigning and the subsequent littering is an annual affair. However, the use of printed campaigns is actually prohibited in DUSU elections. According to the Delhi university code of conduct for DUSU elections 2019-2020, no candidate is permitted to make use of printed posters, printed pamphlets, or any other printed material for the purpose of canvassing. They are only allowed to utilize handmade posters for this purpose in accordance with the NGT order. In a time of G20 when the Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan is one of the leading campaigns, a newly fresh graffiti was fully covered with pamphlets. If the sensitisation towards the environment does not happen at the student level, how do we expect them to take it seriously further in life?—————Text and Pictures by Anindya Chattopadhyay<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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. After a gap of three years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Delhi University is all set to hold its student union elections on September 22. Everywhere you can feel the pulse of the DUSU election. Huge hoardings, and posh cars like Maybach, and Lamborghini were also seen for the campaign. Not only the campuses of colleges are covered in posters and their premises littered with pamphlets and cards, but walls of the flyover near Akshardham, areas quite far from colleges suffer the same fate. The massive wastage of paper for printed campaigning and the subsequent littering is an annual affair. However, the use of printed campaigns is actually prohibited in DUSU elections. According to the Delhi university code of conduct for DUSU elections 2019-2020, no candidate is permitted to make use of printed posters, printed pamphlets, or any other printed material for the purpose of canvassing. They are only allowed to utilize handmade posters for this purpose in accordance with the NGT order. In a time of G20 when the Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan is one of the leading campaigns, a newly fresh graffiti was fully covered with pamphlets. If the sensitisation towards the environment does not happen at the student level, how do we expect them to take it seriously further in life?—————Text and Pictures by Anindya Chattopadhyay<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\"No<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
. In the name of celebration supporters of ABVP violate all traffic rules and regulation after Delhi University Election results.————-ANINDYA CHATTOPADHYAY<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\"No<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
. After a gap of three years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Delhi University is all set to hold its student union elections on September 22. Everywhere you can feel the pulse of the DUSU election. Huge hoardings, and posh cars like Maybach, and Lamborghini were also seen for the campaign. Not only the campuses of colleges are covered in posters and their premises littered with pamphlets and cards, but walls of the flyover near Akshardham, areas quite far from colleges suffer the same fate. The massive wastage of paper for printed campaigning and the subsequent littering is an annual affair. However, the use of printed campaigns is actually prohibited in DUSU elections. According to the Delhi university code of conduct for DUSU elections 2019-2020, no candidate is permitted to make use of printed posters, printed pamphlets, or any other printed material for the purpose of canvassing. They are only allowed to utilize handmade posters for this purpose in accordance with the NGT order. In a time of G20 when the Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan is one of the leading campaigns, a newly fresh graffiti was fully covered with pamphlets. If the sensitisation towards the environment does not happen at the student level, how do we expect them to take it seriously further in life?—————Text and Pictures by Anindya Chattopadhyay<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\"No<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
. After a gap of three years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Delhi University is all set to hold its student union elections on September 22. Everywhere you can feel the pulse of the DUSU election. Huge hoardings, and posh cars like Maybach, and Lamborghini were also seen for the campaign. Not only the campuses of colleges are covered in posters and their premises littered with pamphlets and cards, but walls of the flyover near Akshardham, areas quite far from colleges suffer the same fate. The massive wastage of paper for printed campaigning and the subsequent littering is an annual affair. However, the use of printed campaigns is actually prohibited in DUSU elections. According to the Delhi university code of conduct for DUSU elections 2019-2020, no candidate is permitted to make use of printed posters, printed pamphlets, or any other printed material for the purpose of canvassing. They are only allowed to utilize handmade posters for this purpose in accordance with the NGT order. In a time of G20 when the Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan is one of the leading campaigns, a newly fresh graffiti was fully covered with pamphlets. If the sensitisation towards the environment does not happen at the student level, how do we expect them to take it seriously further in life?—————Text and Pictures by Anindya Chattopadhyay<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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. In the name of celebration supporters of ABVP violate all traffic rules and regulation after Delhi University Election results.————-ANINDYA CHATTOPADHYAY<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

New Delhi: This year, Delhi University<\/a>‘s election season may miss one of its most familiar spectacles — the long convoys of Porsche, Rolls-Royce, Mercedes and BMWs that have come to define the pomp of DUSU polls. The university is planning to bar the use of private vehicles for campaigning during the union elections, official sources told TOI<\/span>.The proposed curb, being considered by the university administration, aims at reining in the annual chaos that sees college campuses clogged with luxury cars, campaign convoys and traffic snarls during the election season, often leaving students and commuters stranded for hours.\u201cWe are planning to prohibit the use of vehicles for campaigning during the DUSU election period. Every year, a large number of cars enter campuses for canvassing, causing inconvenience to students, traffic congestion and disruption of normal academic activity. The idea is to ensure elections are conducted in a more disciplined and orderly manner,\u201d the source said.The move is part of DU’s wider effort to bring the polls in line with Supreme Court<\/a>‘s directions to introduce reforms aimed at curbing excessive expenditure, campus disruption and public inconvenience.The university had faced repeated judicial scrutiny over the conduct of DUSU elections, particularly over defacement of public property, excessive spending and disorder on campus. In 2024, Supreme Court had pulled up DU over large-scale defacement and withheld the declaration of results until the defacement was cleared. It had also directed DU to put in place stricter safeguards to ensure elections do not disrupt academic activity or violate the Lyngdoh Committee norms that govern elections in the universities across the country.\u201cLast year, the restrictions on printed campaign material and victory processions helped control defacement to a large extent. This year, we want to take it a step further so that elections are held fully in accordance with the prescribed norms and without causing inconvenience on campus,” the source said. The administration believes restricting campaign vehicles could curb traffic congestion, show of wealth and the use of money power in student politics.The DUSU elections, among the most high-profile campus polls in the country, have long drawn criticism for its display of muscle and money power, with luxury car rallies, large convoys and aggressive canvassing being a recurring feature. The university has in recent years explored broader structural reforms, including a Rs 1-lakh anti-defacement surety bond for candidates and even a proposal to replace the direct election model with a two-tier system.Under the two-tier structure, first discussed in DU\u2019s executive council last year, colleges and departments would hold internal student polls and elected representatives would form an electoral college to choose central DUSU office-bearers. The proposal, modelled on DU\u2019s pre-Emergency system, was sent for legal consultation and reported before the council. However, it faced resistance from student groups and teachers in the council, and discussions remain deferred.DUSU elections are usually held in Sept, with campaigning kicking off after the poll schedule is announced in Aug.<\/div>\n


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