The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) captured all seats in the HNB Garhwal Central University students’ union apex body elections while the NSUI failed to win a single seat. A total of 39 university representatives exercised their franchise in the election with the representatives from DAV (PG) College Dehradun being deprived the chance to vote due to postponement of the students union election in this college.
ABVP candidates Kamlesh Thapliyal won the election to the post of president, Vimla was elected the vice president, Ajay Bhatt was elected general secretary, Rahul Panwar was elected the secretary and Ganesh Prasad was elected to the post of treasure in the student union apex body election.
Chief election officer of the Garhwal Central University student union apex body election Prof HC Nainwal, Kamlesh Thapliyal of ABVP defeated NSUI candidate Rishab Rawat by a margin of 15 votes in the election for the post of president. Kamlesh got 27 votes while Rishab secured only 12 votes. ABVP candidate Vimla secured 30 votes to defeat her rival Shiv Prasad Bhatt who polled nine votes for the post of vice-president. In the election to the post of general secretary Ajay Bhatt of ABVP defeated Sandeep Singh Negi by 13 votes, while Rahul Panwar of ABVP was elected to the post of secretary by defeating Sunil lakhwar while Ganesh Prasad also of ABVP defeated Mohit Koranga by 13 votes. Nainwal administered the oath of office to the newly elected office bearers of the students union apex body.