Chandigarh, Aug. 25 -- Even as nominations were filed by hopefuls for the Panjab University Campus Students Council (PUCSC) elections to be held on August 31, the day was mired with controversy as some candidates cried foul about their nominations getting rejected. While Panjab University (PU) usually releases the total number of nominations per post every year before the list is finalised, this year the numbers were not released owing to these complications. The final list will be released on Tuesday after scrutiny and giving candidates the opportunity to withdraw their nominations by the Dean Students Welfare (DSW) office. Till Monday evening, members of Students Organisation of India (SOI), the student wing of the Shiromani Akali Dal, continued to sit on protest outside the Dean Students Welfare (DSW) office. As per Harkamal Singh Bhuregill, who is managing SOI's campaign in PU this year, their candidate Pranav from the department of chemistry had 78% attendance before Monday and on Monday it was reduced to 68%. Their supporters continued to raise slogans against the PU authorities and tried to break into the DSW office while a meeting regarding this was going on in the evening. The party also temporarily blocked gate number 2 while protesting on Monday night. The candidature of Ankit Bidhan, presidential candidate of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) was also not cleared initially by the department during departmental scrutiny on Monday. He is a research scholar at the centre for the study of social inclusion, Panjab University and students had complained how there is currently an ongoing FIR against him. He was allegedly involved in an internal fight between two ABVP factions at their office in Sector 15 in March 2024. A senior ABVP member said that since chargesheet has not been filed in the case, Bidhan is still eligible to contest the election as per the Lyngdoh Committee Guidelines. They had submitted their reply to these objections raised by the department. The final decision regarding him and the SOI candidates eligibility will be taken on Tuesday. Association of Students for Alternative Politics (ASAP) also got involved in a controversy at the department of laws after department officials highlighted how outsiders were campaigning for their presidential candidate, Aadil Brar, which led to an argument. In a video going viral the outsider who is allegedly related to a MLA from Punjab was seen arguing with students near a staircase in the department. The department held a meeting regarding this and it was resolved that the allegations and counter allegations by both parties in the video were factually incorrect and it was circulated with an attempt to malign the image of the candidate Aadil Brar. Newly formed student party Saakhi also unveiled their candidate for the vice president post, Manmeet Kaur of University Institute of Legal Studies (UILS). While the final list of candidates for the PUCSC polls is usually released around the afternoon, but it can also get delayed....