Delhi University poll panel’s grievance committee has agreed to show the recording of the counting process for Delhi University Students Union (DUSU) polls to the National Students Union of India’s (NSUI) which has alleged rigging during the election process. DUSU polls were held on last Friday and the results declared on Saturday.
NSUI, the student wing of the Congress, has alleged that the election result was rigged. The outfit had also alleged that during voting in some colleges there was problem with the electronic voting machines.
“We had a meeting with the grievance redressal committee on Mondayy. They agreed to our demands and for the first time the room hosting the EVM machines has been sealed. The panel has also agreed to show us the recordings of the counting process as well as machine wise votes secured by each candidate will be furnished,” said Angelica Aribam, NSUI national secretary. NSUI has won the joint secretary position in DUSU making a come back in the university’s union after two years. The other three posts were won by RSS’ the student wing ABVP.
Immediately after the results were declared on Saturday, NSUI members had held a protest outside the vice chancellor’s office and started a hunger strike. However, the strike was called off after the grievance committee assured them of looking in to the issue.