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National Students Union of India (NSUI) sweeps Delhi University Polls

National Students Union of India (NSUI) sweeps Delhi University Polls

New Delhi: Repeating its performance of 2005-06, the Congress-backed National Students' Union of India routed its arch-rival, the BJP-backed Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, making a clean sweep of all the four posts at stake in the Delhi University Students Union elections, the results of which were announced on Saturday.

NSUI's presidential candidate Amrita emerged victorious with 10,589 votes, while her nearest rival Abhishek Tandon of ABVP polled 6,255. For the post of vice-president, NSUI's Devraj Tehlan defeated ABVP's Suman Lata Dagar by 3,517 votes. Devraj polled 8,963 votes against Suman Lata's 5,446. Manish Choudhary of NSUI polled 7,906 votes to win the post of secretary. His nearest rival, Renu of ABVP, managed 4,171 votes.

NSUI's Khushboo Sharma, who replaced Rinku Tanwar after the fresh scrutiny ordered by the Delhi High Court before the elections, polled 6,629 votes for the post of joint secretary, while Man-vender Singh of ABVP polled 4,470.

Barring once, the NSUI has been winning the post of DUSU president for the past seven years. For three L consecutive years, a woman, candidate of the organization has successfully contested

The top post. "This shows our commitment towards women. We have always focused on adequate representation
For women in our panel. There are so many issues on the campus like safety of girl students which the women
candidates can understand better," said NSUI spokesperson Kuntal Krishna on Saturday.

Soon after the results were L announced, the victorious NSUI foursome rushed out of the counting centre at New Police Lines to meet their supporters who were shouting slogans in favour of the student outfit. Flashing smiles and the victory sign, the four accompanied by the supporters made their way to 10 Janpath in an open jeep to seek Congress president Sonia Gandhi's "blessings".

Unlike in the past, there were fewer NSUI supporters outside the counting centre this time round. Also, no drum-beaters were seen and no one broke into an impromptu jig. The NSUI supporters threw pamphlets of the winners, littering the space outside the venue.

National Students Union of India (NSUI) sweeps Delhi University Polls

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