New Delhi, Aug. 29 -- Forget posters and pamphlets, this year Delhi University Students' Union (DUSU) 2026 election campaigning has gone full jungle safari! Walk through North or South Campus and you might just encounter a life-sized gorilla or a giant panda with a candidate's name plastered across its chest. And if lucky, you might even see two from opposing sides involved in a fun fist-fight, to stamp their strength. Ask campaigners and they say it's a workaround born out of necessity.

With Delhi University cracking down this year's campaigning with ban on canopies, a strict 5,000 budget limit per candidate, and the continuing ban on printed posters alongside a leash on car rallies. Candidates had to get inventive, and apparently the i...