Political affiliations remained firmly rooted to the Right with the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad winning all the four seats in the Delhi University Students’ Union elections, the results for which were declared here on Saturday. Although the ABVP has always been strong in the university, this is the first time in 18 years that they managed to win all four seats.
“The last time we managed such a victory was in 1997. After that we have never been able to capture all four seats. This is a victory against Naxalism and anti-nationalism,” said ABVP State secretary Rohit Chahal, while standing on the Vivekananda Statue in the Arts Faculty, a place where the party traditionally celebrates any of its victories.
The new Delhi University Students’ Union president is Mohit Nagar, an MA Buddhist Studies student who polled 20,718 votes, defeating his nearest rival Gaurav Tushir of the Congress-affiliated National Students’ Union of India by a margin of 914 votes.
“We have conducted ourselves like student activists all this while, that is one of the main reasons why we have won again,” said Mohit.
The post of vice-president was won by Parvesh Malik, also a student of MA Buddhist Studies who polled 21,935 votes, 7,859 more than his nearest rival — the NSUI’s Mona Chaudhary who polled 14,076 votes.
The new DUSU secretary is Kanika Shekawat, a student of Hansraj College who polled 18,671 votes, which is 3,022 votes more than her nearest rival, the NSUI’s Amit Sidhu Teema who polled 15,649 votes.
The ABVP’s joint secretary candidate Ashutosh Mathur, a first-year student from Zakir Husain Evening College, had the highest vote share of 23,133 votes, 11,068 more than his nearest rival, the NSUI’s Abhishek Chaudhary who polled 12,065 votes.
