The CPI’s student wing the All India Students Federation (AISF) opened its account in Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union (JNUSU), winning the president’s post, while the ABVP bagged one of four central panel slots after a gap of 14 years.
The All India Students Association (AISA), which swept the elections last two years, lost the top post by a margin of 67 votes and could manage only two seats, that of vice president and general secretary in this year’s election, the results for which were declared on Sunday.
The BJP’s student wing Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) which swept the Delhi University polls on Saturday, made a comeback in the JNUSU central panel after 14 years and grabbed the joint secretary position, defeating the AISA candidate by a small margin of 28 votes.
In the Left-dominated JNU campus, surprisingly the right-wing ABVP has stood second in two of the four central panel seats — vice-president and general secretary.
“Kanhaiya Kumar, who won the race for the union president’s post, secured a total of 1029 votes defeating AISA’s Vijay Kumar, who polled 962 votes and lost the top post by a margin of 67 votes,” the CEC for JNUSU polls Praveen Thallapelli said.
Shehla Rashid Shora and Rama Naga, AISA’s nominee for the post of vice-president and general secretary, polled 1,387 and 1,159 votes respectively defeating the ABVP’s Valentina Brahma and Devendra Singh Rajput.