New Delhi, Sep 15: Congress' NSUI today wrested complete control of the Delhi University Students' Union from BJP-affiliated ABVP by winning all three top posts, decimating the opposition camp which created a ruckus refusing to accept the results alleging “abuse of power” and “irregularities”.
High drama overshadowed the announcement of the election results today with ABVP cadre creating ruckus at the campus where the counting of votes took place prompting the police to use mild force that resulted in injuries to several people, including a few who were in the fray.
Activists of ABVP—which fought the polls on the anti-corruption and inflation plank—broke barricades, shouted slogans against Congress and the Delhi government, alleged “abuse of power” and even clashed with police who were posted in huge numbers to prevent any untoward incident.
NSUI's Arun Hooda defeated his nearest rival Ankit Dhananjoy Choudhry of ABVP for the post of president by a margin of 5,465 votes.
Hooda polled 17,621 votes against Choudhry's 12,156 votes.
NSUI took control of the students union after a gap of couple of years as the outfit could only win the president's post last year. All other posts were won by BJP in the 2011 elections.
Varun Khari of NSUI was elected the new vice president after he defeated his nearest rival of ABVP's Gaurav Chaudhary by a margin of 4,475 votes. While Khari polled 17,848 votes, Chaudhary mustered 13,373 votes.
Varun Choudhry, who won by a margin of 2,617 votes, becomes the new DUSU Secretary. Choudhry polled 15,605 votes, while his rival Ritu Rana of ABVP got 12,988 votes.
Since there was a tie between NSUI's Raveena Choudhary and ABVP's Vishu Basoya for the post of joint secretary, a re-count is underway.
