The students' union elections in
the Jadavpur University, held after a gap of three years, went on peacefully on Wednesday, with RSS-affiliated ABVP and CPI (M)-backed SFI claiming they received a good response from the students.
A university official said the elections in both Arts and Engineering faculties began at 10 am and will continue till evening.
"There has been no untoward incident so far," the official said.
SFI's Jadavpur University unit leader Ushashi Pal said a large number of students voted enthusiastically.
"We were cautious of not falling into ABVP's trap and asked our activists and supporters to be careful so that the election process was not disrupted," Pal said.
The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) had put up its candidates for the first time in the students' union polls of JU, known as a hotbed of Left-wing politics.
"We were careful so that the SFI or other Left unions could not instigate any trouble," ABVP's JU unit leader Shyamasree ...
