NSUI dominates in Bilaspur, Surguja regions
In the students’ union polls in Chhattisgarh on Wednesday which was held after more than a decade and was closely monitored by the political parties, ABVP, the student wing of the ruling BJP, put up an impressive show and bagged nearly 65-70 per cent seats across 547 Government and private colleges.
The four-hour polling which ended at 12 noon soon the results started pouring in till late on Wednesday, the ABVP dominated in majority of prestigious colleges. The ABVP bagged roughly 65 per cent seats in colleges in Raipur and Bastar regions while the Congress’ student unit, NSUI, did exceedingly well in Bilaspur and Surguja regions.
The counting began just an hour after the voting ended peacefully in 547 colleges and the initial result confirmed that ABVP won majority of seats in key colleges in Raipur and state’s southern tip of Bastar region. The NSUI produced an inspiring performance in vast Bilaspur and Surguja regions besides it delivered spirited performance in certain colleges in Raipur district.
The ABVP notched up majority of results in Degree Girls College Raipur, Science College Raipur, Medical College Raipur and PG College Jagdalpur. While the NSUI did well in Mahant College Raipur, Gurukul College Raipur, PG College Ambikapur, Adarsh College Ambikapur, Polytechnic College Ambikapur.
The students’ union poll basically witnessed a direct fight between ABVP and NSUI but SFI, the student wing of the Communist Party of India, Marxist, surprisingly won a few seats in Naxal-hit Sukma district. The students’ union polls which is considered as a nursery for budding political talents, was closely monitored by top state leadership of the BJP as well as the Congress and senior leaders from both the parties were directly involved in guiding their student leaders how to outsmart the rival camp.