Voting is underway in the colleges affiliated with Tribhuvan and Mahendra Sanskrit universities for the elections of the Free Student Union (FSU) on Tuesday.
Over two hundred thousand students are casting their votes in the FSU election to elect their representatives.
Elections are being held in 61 constituent campuses and in over 200 affiliated campuses of Tribhuvan University, as well as 12 constituent campuses of Mahendra Sanskrit University across the country.
In Kathmandu Valley, elections is being held in 28 campuses.
Students affiliated to seven agitating political parties filed joint candidacy in some campuses, and are vying against each other in other campuses.
A tough competition is expected between the Nepal Students’ Union (NSU) and the All-Nepal National Free Students’ Union (ANNFSU), especially in major campuses of the valley including TU Central Campus, Shankar Dev Campus, Ratna Rajya Campus, Nepal Commerce Campus, Padma Kanya Campus and Patan Multiple Campus.
Students are taking the election as part of their ongoing agitation for the restoration of complete democracy in the country.
Elections have been stalled at Saraswati Campus and Tri Chandra campuses following disputes among student unions.
NSU and NSU (Democratic) have forged an alliance at Patan Multiple, Nepal Law, Mahendra Ratna, Nepal Engineering, Nepal Commerce campuses and TU central campuses.
Similarly, ANNFSU has forged an alliance with NSU (Democratic) in Vishwa Bhasha, Sankardev and Pashupati campuses.
Till date, candidates have been elected unopposed in 22 campuses.
Outside Kathmandu Valley, NSU and NSU (Democratic) have forged an alliance at Prithivi Narayan Campus, Pokhara, which has over 10,000 voters and is the largest campus of the country in terms of the number of voters.