Overview

• Each candidate must submit a Rs 1 lakh bond with their nomination and risk forfeiture if supporters breach defacement rules.
• Traditional campaign methods, including posters, wall writing, rallies, loudspeakers and roadshows, are restricted to designated “walls of democracy.”
• Breaching anti-defacement norms carries penalties ranging from Rs 25,000 fines to suspension, rustication or disqualification from the elections.
• An anti-defacement affidavit at admission and monitoring committees at college and university levels will enforce compliance and run awareness programmes.
• DUSU president Ronak Khatri and groups such as ABVP and AISA argue the bond is exclusionary for low-income students and propose direct fines as an alternative.