Delhi University Elections: Both ABVP And NSUI Are Confident Of Victory
The Delhi University Students’ Union (DUSU) elections are held today September 27, in two shifts. The morning shift started at 8:30 am and will go till 1 pm and the second shift will take place from 1:30 pm to 7:30 pm. Major student organizations, the National Students’ Union of India (NSUI) and the Akhil Bharatiya Vidhyarthi Parishad (ABVP) expressed confidence in their victory.
The elections are going on amid the election conditions put by the Delhi High Court which include that the university cannot count votes until all campaign-related materials such as posters, hoardings, and graffiti have been removed and public property restored. The vote counting was scheduled for Saturday however, the court directives will delay the process. Also, the court ordered that the electronic voting machines (EVMs) and the ballot boxes be securely stored until further notice.
During this election, the NSUI has pitched for the students’ concerns regarding paper leaks and fee hikes. In an interview with ANI, the NSUI National President Varun Choudhary showed confidence in winning all four seats and urged students to vote in larger numbers.
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Also the ABVP national general secretary Yagywalkya Shukla expressed optimism to win the poll with 4-0 as there is wave in favour of ABVP, he said. ABVP secretary allegedly said NSUI is dejected and doing Hooliganism and booth campturing attempts.
Professor Satyapal Singh, the Chief Election Officer for DUSU 2024-25, has said that students who were admitted to Delhi University by September 25 2024 are eligible to vote in the elections. This is to ensure the legitimacy of the elections.
In last year’s elections, the ABVP secured 3 out of four central panel seats, including the president post. While NSUI’s Abhi Dahiya was the only member of the student organisation being elected as vice president in 2023.
Notably, NSUI is the one of the oldest student organisation in India established in 1971 and the student wing of Congress party. It defines its ideology as centric to Secularim and Social Democracy. Whereas ABVP is an offshot of RSS and centric to Nationalism, character building and volunteerism.
DU Elections 2024: Candidates Details
ABVP Candidates: Rishabh Chaudhary (President), Bhanu Pratap Singh (Vice President), Mitravinda Karanwal (Secretary) And Aman Kapasia(Joint Secretary)
NSUI Candidates: Rounak Khatri (President), Yash Nandal (Vice President), Namrata Jeph Meena (Secretary) And Lokesh Choudhary (Joint Secretary)
AISA Candidates: Saavy Gupta (President), Ayush Mondal (Vice President)
SFI Candidates: Anamika K (Secretary), Sneha Aggarwal (Joint Secretary)
