Campus elections: Party time is over
The face of student politics may never be the same. With the Supreme Court’s recent order on the implem- entation of the Lyngdoh Committee report, money and muscle power is likely to get leaner in campus elections. More transparency, accountability and discipline will also be ensured.
Smriti Kak Ramachandran gets the reactions of present and former student leaders and men from academia to the order that is set to stamp out the dark side of campus politics.

Keep parties out: Lyngdoh
Ramesh Kandula from Hyderabad
We took as pragmatic an approach as possible," says former Chief Election Commissioner J. M. Lyngdoh, who headed the Committee that presented recommendations to keep off the influence of political parties, money and muscle power from student union elections.

Why depoliticise campuses?
Former student leaders from the region favour cutting down poll costs but strongly oppose depoliticisation of the process, says Chitleen K. Sethi
Student elections show different hues in the different states of Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir as well as the union territory of Chandigarh.

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