DUSU polls: ABVP wins 3 central panel posts, NSUI one
The Hindu
ABVP’s Aparajita and Sachin Baisla won the posts of secretary and joint secretary, respectively.
The RSS-affiliated ABVP on Saturday won three central panel posts, including that of president, in the Delhi University Students Union (DUSU) and the Congress' student wing NSUI bagged the remaining one, according to officials.
Tushar Dedha of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) won the post of DUSU president, defeating NSUI's Hitesh Gulia by a margin of 3,115 votes. Dedha got 23,460 votes and Gulia 20,345.
The Congress student wing's Abhi Dahiya bagged the post of vice-president. Dahiya received 22,331 votes and defeated ABVP's Sushant Dhankar by a margin of 1,829 votes.
ABVP's Aparajita and Sachin Baisla won the posts of secretary and joint secretary, respectively.
While Aparajita defeated NSUI's Yakshana Sharma by a margin of 12,937 votes, Baisla defeated the Congress student wing's Shubham Kumar Chaudhary by a margin of 9,995 votes.
The counting of votes for the DUSU's central panel posts of president, vice-president, secretary and joint secretary concluded on Saturday evening. The election was held on Friday.
Union minister Kiren Rijiju congratulated the winning candidates of the ABVP.
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