NSUI bags 1
The RSS-affiliated Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) dominated the Delhi University Students’ Union (DUSU) polls by winning three of the four top posts on Friday. The Congress backed National Students Union of India (NSUI) won the post of secretary.
According to officials, ABVP’s Akshit Dahiya defeated NSUI’s Chetna Tyagi by record 19,039 votes for the post of president. ABVP’s Pradeep Tanwar defeated NSUI’s Ankit Bharti by 8,000 votes for vice-president post.
Shivangi Kharwal of ABVP defeated Abhishek Chaprana of NSUI by 2,914 votes for the joint secretary post. The lone NSUI winner, Ashish Lamba, defeated Yogit Rathi of the ABVP by 2,053 votes for the post of secretary.
Sidharth Yadav, ABVP’s Delhi State secretary, said, “Our presidential candidate has won by the highest ever margin in recent times. ABVP will start working on the promises
made in the manifesto and ensure better hostel facilities, better campus and timely declaration of exam dates, results.”
BJP working president
JP Nadda termed ABVP’s victory “historic”.
“Congratulations to the ABVP for its historic win in the DUSU polls by bagging three seats. These youngsters are our country’s future and every worker of the ABVP is dedicated to society and organisation. This is a victory of nationalist ideology among students,” Nadda tweeted.
Last year also, NSUI had secured just one post in DUSU elections.
Commenting upon the performance of the NSUI, Akshay Lakra, Delhi State president of NSUI, said DU students have rejected the violence ideology of ABVP by defeating Yogit, who was president at Ramjas College during the infamous Ramjas sedition controversy in 2017.
The vote counting scheduled to start at 8.30 am began two hours later as the candidates turned up late, an official said. The election process ended amid allegations of EVM malfunctioning.