little Known Adiwasi Chhatra Sangh (ACS) today is a strong political entity in RU polls as it not only gave a tough fight to the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parsihad (ABVP) but also made it lose most of the seats in colleges outside the Capital City.
After defeating its major counterparts in all the four State varsities, ABVP was hoping to win maximum seats at RU. However, the scenario became different. “The results are unexpected. We were the strong contenders at RU but tribal issues like CNT, SPT Act has affected the poll results here. We have lost maximum seats to ACS in rural areas. ABVP just got five seats in Bero and won two seats in Mandar. In urban pockets as well, a good number of seats have gone to ACS,” said, ABVP State Convener, Atal Pandey.
Expressing happiness over the result and the response of voters, ACS leader, Sushil Oraon said, “We are happy with the response. With so many prominent parties, ACS had made a mark by defeating them in RU poll. The response of students at colleges located in rural belts was very positive. We did not expect to get so many seats.”
In Post Graduation (PG) department, registering its presence, Jharkhand Chhatra Morcha grabbed three seats that include the post of president, vice-president and joint secretary while AJSU and ABVP won one seat each. In Marwari College AJSU grabbed four seats out of five. ABVP won all the five seats at JN College, Dhurwa. Setting a benchmark, ACS registered its presence at Birsa College, Khunti, Simdega College, BN Jalan College, Mandar College, BS College lohardaga and several other colleges as well.
Though security was beefed up at colleges during the vote count procedure, few student union groups created ruckus at Marwari College on Friday. The student union leaders were continuously demanding the varsity officials for recounting the votes. Police had to use force to control the mob. Similarly, in another incident at SS Memorial college conflict among two student groups was reported later on with the intervention of district administration and college authorities, the matter was sorted out.