Delhi University Students' Union

The Delhi University Students Union, generally abbreviated as DUSU, is the umbrella students' union at the University of Delhi.

DUSU the representative body of students from most Delhi university colleges. Each college also has its own students' union which holds elections every year. Several office bearers of DUSU have gone on to hold public office at the state and centre level. DUSU elections have allowed some members to step directly into local and national politics. Nitish Tushir, current INCHARGE DU campus NSUI, was a member of DUSU.[1]

The University of Delhi has a long history of student political activity. Since 1954 gajraj bahadur nagar won 1 president of DUSU, dusu known fr politics and study[2]U.[3][4][5]

Elections 2017

The main contestants for the presidential post were Rajat Choudhary of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), Rocky Tuseed of the National Student Union of India (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.[6] Arul Chauhan, a final year student from Satyawati evening college, was the face for president post from AISA. Aditya Baibhav, student pursuing Master of Arts from the North campus, contested for the post of Vice-President. Jaishree from Kirori Mal College (KMC) was nominated for the post of Secretary and Akash Gupta, LLB student from law faculty was nominated for Joint Secretary.

Although the RSS backed Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarti Parishad (ABVP), Congress’s Nation Student Union of India (NSUI) did not disclose the list of candidates like every year. However, the left wing student organization All India Student Association (AISA) announced the list of final faces for the upcoming DUSU election. The Left party, which has always taken gender sensitization as a major poll agenda, fielded a female candidate for the post of president. The administration made public the final list of candidates on 6 September. The DUSU election was held on 12 September.[7]

The counting of votes started at 8:30 am. The polls were held on 12 September. Nearly 43% students, out of the total voter base of 1.3 lakh students, cast their votes.

NSUI candidate Rocky Tuseed won the post of president, while Kunal Sehrawat of NSUI won the Vice President post. ABVP's Mahamedhaa Nagar won the secretary post, and Uma Shankar won Joint Secretary.

As of 2018 DUSU Elections, ABVP made a retreat and acquried 3 out of 4 seats in DUSU. Ankiv Baisoya of ABVP won President post. Shakti Singh of ABVP won Vice President post. Akash Choudhary of NSUI won Secretary post. And Jyoti Chaudhary of ABVP won the Joint Secretary post.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Delhi University: Stepping stone to Parliament House". Indian Express. 29 May 2009.
  2. ↑ "Campaign for DUSU elections kick-starts". Caste politics has always been a major factor in DUSU polls, right since it was first held in 1954. On most occasions, the candidates fielded by arch-rivals ABVP and NSUI have been from the Gurjar, Jat or Yadav caste.
  3. ↑ "DUSU Elections 2015: Caste fillip works in student elections too?".
  4. ↑ "DUSU election: Caste factor still haunts premier University". Archived from the original on 2014-10-03.
  5. ↑ "ABVP and NSUI focused on caste-based votes. This helped them do better, says former council member".
  6. ↑ "DUSU Elections Results Live: Sonia Gandhi Meets NSUI Winners". The Quint. Retrieved 2017-09-13.
  7. ↑ "Student bodies gear up for DUSU elections". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2017-09-13.
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