The beats of Indian drums, punctuated by car horns and the occasional siren, reverberated outside Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College on Monday. It was a tacit announcement, especially for first-year students watching with intrigue — Delhi University students’ body polls are in the offing. The elections are due on September 22.
Soon, members of the RSS student wing Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad emerged in a sea of cars with banners pronouncing their prospective candidates’ names: Rishabh Choudhary, Vaibhav Choudhary, Akash Yadav, and many others. “This is our first day of campaigning in four years, the thrill is unmatched,” said an ABVP volunteer and third-year student at Hansraj College. As the elated crowd threw pamphlets in the air, other commuters waited for the road to be cleared.
