The Mumbai University (MU) senate elections, long-awaited and overdue, appear to be jinxed. Following a string of controversies surrounding the registration of voters in the graduate constituency, which included accusations of duplication, fraudulent registrations, legal battles and the annulment of voter lists last year, the university has now announced that 50 per cent of the newly compiled voter list has been declared ineligible.

This has irked all the students and youth wings participating in the process. Highlighting the timing—the ongoing academic year is concluding and the general election is due to be held this year—youth wings have criticised MU. For the graduate constituency, a fresh voter registration process for 10 seats was conducted from October 30 to November 30, 2023. Subsequently, the verification of applications began on December 1 and continued until February 25, 2024. According to the schedule published by MU, the final voter list was released on February 26.