DUSU Elections : Five candidates axed
With the candidature of NSUI and ABVP members for the post of the DUSU president being cancelled on Friday, for the first time since 1991 it looks like the union will have a non-NSUI, non-ABVP president. This could also be true for the post of joint secretary if Rahul Mathur of NSUI, who was served a showcause notice on Saturday, fails to satisfy the university authorities with his explanation.
The smaller students’ organisations aiming to make a mark in the Delhi University Students’ Union (DUSU) elections are rubbing their hands with glee. A day after the university’s chief election officer disqualified five candidates from big guns NSUI and ABVP for violation of election code, these fringe players in Delhi University student politics now feel they are in with a real chance.
Among those disqualified are
ABVP
* Rohit Chahal (president candidate)
* Lalit Chaudhry (general secretary)
* Ashok Khari (jt secretary)
NSUI
* Deepak Negi (president)
* Umesh Tanwar (vice-president candidate)
The disqualifications have made the likes of Students’ Federation of India (SFI), All India Students’ Association (AISA), Ambedkar Students’ Organisation of India (ASOI), Indian National Students’ Organisation (INSO) and Disha Student Organisation look at the September 4 elections with hopes of breaking the NSUI-ABVP monopoly in DUSU.
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