South Asian News Network

Kathmandu, March 18: The election of the free student union (FSU) has kicked off in the Tribhuvan University campuses across the country. The TU-affiliated and constituent campuses are holding the FSU elections to elect new leadership of various student organizations. Voting began from 8:00am in 250 campuses affiliated to TU and 46 constituent ones, according to Pashupati Adhikari, member secretary of FSU central monitoring and coordination committee. The voting begun in most of the campuses will continue till 4:00pm. The election committee formed in the campuses is scheduled to begin the vote count after the completion of the voting. The FSUs affiliated to various political parties are taking part in the election, fielding their candidacies. Although the TU holds the FSU election every two year, it was not conducted regularly since 2065BS. The FSU election was begun since 2018BS. It used to be held annually till 2030BS. —-