PATNA, Feb. 23 -- Patna University Student Union (PUSU) election will be held on February 28, as earlier scheduled, with the university administration agreeing to students' demand for the same after the candidates submitted separate signed pledges to fully adhere to the model code of conduct and regulations supplied with nomination papers at the meeting of prospective candidates with the central election committee on Sunday.

The candidates, in their written oath, also condemned the unsavoury incidents that took place on the university campus in recent days and pledged to neither participate nor encourage any kind of unruly behaviour or violence in course of campaigning. They also swore that they had not started campaigning so far and had...