New Delhi: The forthcoming Jawaharlal Nehru University students elections have gone online for the first time, with all poll-related information put on a website especially created for the event.
Students can log on to www.jnusuec2006.blogspot.com for any details related to the elections slated for Thursday (November 9), from the list of names of contestants to poll
notification and from the JNU code of conduct to results.
"We want the elections to be conducted in a transparent manner and all the details have been put on the Internet. Most contestants this time have downloaded the nomination form from the Internet and the process has helped us finish the administrative work faster," said Netaji Abhinandan, who heads the chief election committee.
Ram Subramanium, a member of the election committee who was instrumental in designing the blog, feels the website would help in creating contacts with the JNU alumni.
"The JNU alumni and especially those settled abroad are interested in the students' elections. We keep receiving requests for election updates from them and the blog is definitely going to be of help to them," Subramanium said.
The contestants in the elections are finding the blog to be of great help in communicating with voters.
"In the cyber age, it is an effective way of communicating with voters as we have very stringent campaign rules here. It is an innovative thing and would set an example for students elections in other universities," said Sonika Tyagi, who is contesting for the President's post.
Professor K M Chenoy, who teaches international political relations in JNU, said the website would help in conducting fair and transparent elections.
"Almost 20-30 per cent students in JNU won't attend the political party meetings because of their academic schedule. These students can now search the web and select their candidate.
Students and alumnus can see the results on the internet minutes after they are declared," said Chenoy, who stood for the JNU elections in the 1970s.
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