Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the BJP’s students body, has won all the five posts of the students’ union of Garhwal Central University held at its Srinagar campus on Tuesday.
The main rival of the ABVP was Jai Hoo group with NSUI, the student wing of the Congress, not being in the contest. However, NSUI had supported Jai Hoo.
In the last year’s election, ABVP had bagged the three posts of president, vice president and secretary. But this year, ABVP won the all the posts with substantial margins.
In this election, 44 university representatives of different colleges affiliated with Garhwal Central University cast votes amidst tight police security. Nearly 150 police personal were deputed to maintain peace during the election.
Chief election officer Prof RC Dimri said that ABVP candidate Pradeep Chandra Joshi (Govt Degree college, Talwari) defeated his nearest Jai Hoo group candidate Arun Negi for the post of the president.
“ABVP candidate Pradeep got 26 votes while Arun bagged 18 votes. ABVP candidate Naveen Negi (DAV, Dehradun) captured post of the Vice President by defeating Pradeep Rawat. Naveen got 25 votes while Pradeep secured 19 votes. ABVP candidate Himansu Rawat defeated Bharat Bhushan Negi for the post of general secretary.
Himansu got 25 votes while Bharat Bhushan managed 19 votes. For the post of secretary, ABVP candidate Aashish Rawat defeated Shaurav while ABVP candidate Guru Charan Tharange defeated Sonnu Singh for the post of the treasurer. Six member executive committee was also elected in the election,” he said.