LEFT STUDENT WINGS’ CANDIDATES WIN THE JNUSU ELECTIONS DEFEATING ABVP ON ALL FOUR SEATS
The student wings of left parties have won in the three seats in Jawahar Lal Nehru University Students Union ( JNUSU) elections defeating the students wing of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party known as Akhil Bhartiya Vidhyarthi Parishad. On General secretary’s post the BAPSA candidate had won but with the support of the left reveal sources. According to the latest results the candidate for the post of President hailing from the left parties students wing Dhananjay has won securing 2598 votes while his nearest rival Umesh Chandra Ajmeera of Akhil Bhartiya Vidhyarthi Parishad has lost securing 1676 votes. The BAPSA candidate came third in the fray for president’s post getting merely 398 votes. There were 142 NOTA votes for this post. For the post of Vice President Avijit Ghosh of the left Students wing has won securing 2409 votes defeating the ABVP vice presidential candidate Dipika Sharma whereas the BAPSA candidate Muhammed Anas secured 861 votes coming third in the fray. One Ankur Rai who contested as independent has secured 814 votes coming in fourth position. The General Secretary post has gone to Priyanshi Arya with the support of the left student wings securing 2887 votes with Arjun Anand of ABVP getting 1961 votes and 197 NOTA votes casted. The post of Joint Secretary has gone to Mohammed Sajid of left parties securing 2574 votes with ABVP’s Govind Dangi losing getting 2066 votes. However, the BAPSA candidate Rupak Kumar Singh was third in the fray securing 539 votes . What is surprising here is that NOTA votes casted for this post were 353. The polling was held on Friday for the JNUSU elections which are considered to be high profile with issue of national and international significance discussed in these elections. Initially the ABVP candidates were leading but as the counting progressed the ABVP candidates lost on all seats. The voting turnout had been 73% the highest in the last 12 years . There were 19 candidates for the four posts and 42 candidates for the school counsellors. The newly elected president Dhananjay hails from Bihar and is from Dalit community. He is the first Dalit president from the left student wings after Batti Lal Bairwa in 1996-97. The NSUI candidates Junaid Raja and Farheen Zaidee for the post of President and General secretary posts have been far behind getting merely 283 and 436 votes respectively. When national elections have already been declared and the communist parties are almost nonexistent except Kerala , the victory of three candidates out of four and extending support to the BAPSA general secretary candidate having won in JNUSU elections, defeating the ABVP candidates this is indeed a big victory Day political analysts. The left Students wings coalition which fought the JNUSU elections under the banner of United Left Alliance comprise of ALL INDIA STUDENTS ASSOCIATION ( AISA) , STUDENTS FEDERATION IF INDIA, ( SFI) , and ALL INDIA STUDENTS FEDERATION .
JNUSU ELECTIONS
CENTRAL PANEL
Total votes
President
Dhananjay (Left)- 2598
Umesh Chandra Ajmeera (ABVP)- 1676
Biswajit Minji (BAPSA)- 398
Abhijeet Kumar 58
Afroz Alam 36
Junaid Raza 283
Sarthak Nayak 113
Aaradhana 245
NOTA 142
Vice President
Avijit Ghosh (Left)- 2409
Deepika Sharma (ABVP)- 1482
Mohamed Anas A. (BAPSA)- 861
Ankur Rai- 814
General Secretary
Priyanshi Arya (BAPSA, Left Supported) – 2887
Arjun Anand (ABVP) – 1961
Fareen Zaidi – 436
NOTA 197
Joint Secretary
Mo Sajid (Left) – 2574
Govind Dangi (ABVP) – 2066
Rupak Kumar Singh (BAPSA) – 539
Nota 353
