Student leaders rue wasted labour after cancellation of Students' Union election in their campuses

Bhubaneswar | Sunday | 7th October, 2018

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Had I contested and won the campus election, it would have put me on course to a political career. They spent days working out strategies to win the union election, hoping it would translate into something bigger in life and politics. There was no reason for the cancellation,” he alleged.Panda had hoped that student politics and a plum union post would help him bag a more serious political role in future. This campus election was a grand opportunity for students like me to shine,” he further said.Sambalpur University union aspirants had left no stone unturned to woo the young voters. This time, I wanted to contest for the post of union president, but again the polls have been cancelled..