DUSU Elections Results: Big Win For NSUI as it Bags Prez, VP Posts

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For the first time since 2012, the Congress-backed National Students Union of India (NSUI) has bagged the post of the president in the Delhi University Students’ Union elections. The main contestants for the presidential post were Rajat Choudhary of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), Rocky Tuseed of NSUI, Parul Chauhan of the All-India Students Association (AISA), and independent candidates Raja Choudury and Alka. Elections to the student body were held on 12 September.

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• NSUI to go to HC over dissatisfaction of vote count
• NSUI’s Rocky Tuseed has won the post of the president in DUSU elections
  
• This is the first time that NSUI has bagged the post of the president since 2012
  
• ABVP has won the posts of general secretary and joint secretary
  
• DUSU elections took place on 12 September and saw a voter turnout of 44%
  

Sonia Gandhi Meets Winning Candidates

Congress President Sonia Gandhi met the NSUI winning candidates and members at Janpath in New Delhi.

NSUI Claims Tampering of Votes

The NSUI alleged that the DUSU results were tampered with. They claim the "personal intervention" of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah altered votes. They have also threatened to go to the High Court.

AICC secretary in charge of NSUI Girish Chodankar told IANS that NSUI had won three of the four seats, including President, Vice President and Joint Secretary in the DUSU election. But the ABVP was subsequently declared victorious in the Joint Secretary seat.

We have asked the election committee to recount the votes. If they do not do it by the end of the day, we will approach the Delhi High Court to contest the result. This is a matter of shame for the BJP that they have to manipulate results to ensure that ABVP wins.

Girish Chodankar, AICC Secretary in charge of NSUI

NSUI to Go to HC Over Elections

NSUI claims to have won three and not two seats in the DUSU elections. They said they would go to the High Court since their demands for a recount of votes for the post of Joint Secretary was rejected.

Had won 3 seats but recounting of votes shows ABVP’s unconstitutional face. Will go to judiciary.

Deepender Hooda, Congress

NSUI Demand Rejected

NSUI supporters have demanded for a recounting of votes since their candidate lost by a narrow margin. Their demand, however, has been rejected, following which some of the supporters started a protest.