As the election season at Gujarat University  (GU) campus is going on, the university's vice-chancellor is in a sticky situation. The rejection of a nomination form for candidature by a student who is a member of NSUI has kicked up dust which the university was not prepared for.

A team of NSUI student members, Congress leaders, university senate members and syndicate members made a representation to the university VC on Wednesday. The representation led by syndicate member and former deputy chief minister Narhari Amin said the rejection of the nomination form of undergraduate student Umang Somani is not justified and has threatened a protest.

The scrutiny members of the election on February 4 rejected the nomination of Somani, an undergraduate commerce student of GLS College of Commerce, for the senate elections slated on February 19. The form was rejected on the grounds that it did not have the stamp and the signature of the principal of his college.

The representation argued that the form did not have the signature of the principal but had the stamp. They alleged that the VC had intentionally made the move of rejecting the NSUI-supported candidate as there was no chance of the ABVP supported candidate winning the election.

The representation further claimed that the rejection has been done by the VC without taking any legal opinion. "The education minister and BJP have pressurized the VC to reject the form. The VC is a puppet of the ruling party," said Amin.

"The students are not allowed to fight for the elections in a democratic way. So we will be protesting against this in a few days."