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Maharashtra Moves to Revive Student Elections After 33 Years
Students in Maharashtra have not voted in campus elections since 1993.
The state government now wants to study whether those elections can return.
It created a 12-member committee to examine the issue.
Prof Suhas Pednekar, a former Mumbai University vice-chancellor, will lead the committee.
The committee has one month to prepare its report.
It will speak with people affected by campus elections.
It will suggest ways to make voting peaceful, fair and open to everyone.
It will also consider how to prevent outside political groups and businesses from controlling the elections.
Maharashtra students last participated in campus elections in 1993.
The state government has formed a 12-member committee to examine restoring elections.
The committee is chaired by former Mumbai University Vice-Chancellor Prof Suhas Pednekar.
It has one month to submit recommendations to the government.
The proposed system must be peaceful, transparent, inclusive and protected from political interference and commercialisation.
- Who
- The Maharashtra government and a 12-member committee headed by former Mumbai University Vice-Chancellor Prof Suhas Pednekar.
- What
- The government has begun examining how to restore student elections across higher education institutions.
- Where
- Higher education institutions across Maharashtra.
- When
- The committee was appointed on Thursday; students last voted in campus elections in 1993, 33 years earlier.
- Why
- To address concerns that have kept elections suspended and develop a peaceful, transparent and inclusive system without external political interference or commercialisation.
Key facts
- Last campus elections
- 1993
- Committee size
- 12 members
- Committee chair
- Prof Suhas Pednekar, former Mumbai University Vice-Chancellor
- Appointing authority
- Maharashtra Higher and Technical Education Department
- Report deadline
- One month
- Key safeguards
- Protection against external political interference and commercialisation
- Election goals
- Peaceful, transparent and inclusive campus polls
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