DUSU polls: ABVP wins three central panel posts, NSUI one
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.
"#ABVP sweeps #DUSU. Rahul Gandhi campaigned in Delhi University Students Union Election which helped ABVP to increase its vote share! Congratulations to all the Winning Candidates of ABVP, it's cadres as well as all the wishers!" the minister posted on X.
BJP MP and party youth wing president Tejasvi Surya posted, «Congratulations to Team ABVP on winning the DUSU elections.
A clear indication of the ideological positions that our students and young are taking in the country. Vande Mataram.»
The NSUI thanked its activists and supporters for the victory in the post of vice-president.
In a post on X, it said, «Congratulations to Abhi Dahiya for
