All four candidates of the RSS-backed Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) are presently leading in the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union election. Notably, the counting is still underway and the final results are expected by this evening.
As of now, 1,421 votes have been counted. Of these, ABVP’s President candidate Umesh Chandra has got 626 votes, while the Left’s Dhananjay has secured 471.
On Friday, polling for the four-member central panel and other posts was done. There are 19 candidates vying for the four central panel posts of JNUSU and 42 candidates for school councillors, with seven candidates eyeing the post of the president alone.
The central panel constitutes the posts of President, Vice President, Joint Secretary, and General Secretary. From the United Left alliance, Dhananjay from the All India Students Association (AISA), Avijit Ghosh from the Students Federation of India (SFI), and Md Sajid from All India Students Federation (AISF) are headed for a win in the central panel.
From ABVP, Umesh Chandra Ajmeera, Deepika Sharma, Arjun Anand, and Govind Daangi are in the race for the central panel.
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