ABVP leads on two posts in DUSU polls

New Delhi, Sep 13 (IANS) The ABVP was on Friday leading with huge margins for the posts of President and Vice-President in the Delhi University Students Union elections. The RSS-affiliated ABVP had fielded Akshit Dahiya for the post of DUSU president, Pradeep Tanwar for vice-president, Yogit Rathee for general secretary and Shivangi Kherwal for joint secretary.

For the Secretary post, it was a close fight with the NSUI’s Ashish Lamba. For the Joint Secretary post, the ABVP is leading, but not with a huge margin. Sixteen candidates are in the fray for the four DUSU posts — president, vice president, secretary and joint secretary.

The Congress’ student wing NSUI fielded Chetna Tyagi for president, Ankit Bharti for vice-president, Ashish Lamba for secretary and Abhishek Chaprana for joint secretary. Around 40 per cent of the 1.3 lakh eligible students voted in the elections to the DUSU on Thursday.

–IANS
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