JNU students who were found guilty of violating university norms in connection with the controversial February 9, 2016 incident will not be able to cast their votes in the student union polls before they pay their fines. The names of the 21 students, who have been imposed varied penalty for their alleged role in the sedition row, have been dropped from the voter list for the student union polls scheduled on September 9. “When the voter lists were put up today by the election commission of JNU we found that our names are not included in the list. JNUSU joint secretary Saurabh Sharma, who is the lone ABVP member in the union, levelled similar allegations. The schedule for the JNUSU elections was announced on Monday and the last date to file nominations is Wednesday.

Source: The Hindu August 30, 2016 14:15 UTC