DUSU polls 2023: ABVP's Tushar Dedha becomes new president, NSUI's Abhi Dahiya gets VP post, a look at winners' profiles
ALSO READ: DU Students Union polls 2023: ABVP wins 2 central penal seats, NSUI bags vice-president post The posts of Secretary and Joint Secretary went to ABVP's Aparajita and Sachin Baisla. While Aparajita defeated Congress-affiliated NSUI's Yakshana Sharma by a margin of 12,937 votes, Baisla defeated its Shubham Kumar Chaudhary by a margin of 9,995 votes. Exciting news! Mint is now on WhatsApp Channels :rocket: Subscribe today by clicking the link and stay updated with the latest financial insights! Click here! Paste this on click here: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029Va91YSeGehEM6oMesj3d Aprajita hails from Jaunpur in Uttar Pradesh and completed her BA (Honours) degree in history from Dyal Singh College.
She is currently pursuing a Masters degree in Buddhist studies. Sachin Baisla graduated from Ramanujan College. He is pursuing a Masters degree in Buddhist studies.
The DUSU elections were last held in 2019. The polls could not be held in 2020 and 2021 due to COVID-19 while possible disruptions to the academic calendar prevented their conduct in 2022. 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. Twenty-four candidates were in the fray for the four posts in the elections. In 2019, ABVP won three posts, while NSUI won the secretary post.
Similarly in 2018, the RSS-affiliated outfit won three posts, including the coveted president's post while NSUI bagged the secretary's post. Earlier in 2017, NSUI bagged the president and vice president posts while ABVP emerged victorious on the remaining two posts. In the previous election in 2019, ABVP had got the better of its arch rival by winning
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