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Left maintains JNUSU foothold; ABVP breaks nine-year drought
Updated On: 28 April, 2025 08:43 AM IST | New Delhi | PTI
Manisha of the Democratic Students` Federation (DSF) won the post of vice-president by securing 1,150 votes, ahead of the ABVP`s Nittu Goutham who polled 1,116 votes
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Left candidates bagged three of the four central panel posts in the JNUSU election to maintain their foothold in the premier university while the RSS-affiliated ABVP ended a nine-year phase out of office to win the post of joint secretary. According to the results announced by the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students` Union (JNUSU) election commission early on Monday, Nitish Kumar of the All India Students` Association (AISA) secured 1,702 votes to win the post of president. His closest competitor -- Shikha Swaraj of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) -- secured 1,430 votes while Students` Federation of India (SFI)-supported Tayabba Ahmed polled 918 votes. Manisha of the Democratic Students` Federation (DSF) won the post of vice-president by securing 1,150 votes, ahead of the ABVP`s Nittu Goutham who polled 1,116 votes.
The DSF also bagged the general secretary`s post, with Munteha Fatima polling 1,520 votes, ahead of the ABVP`s Kunal Rai who secured 1,406 votes. The ABVP clinched the post of joint secretary, with Vaibhav Meena polling 1,518 votes, ahead of AISA`s Naresh Kumar (1,433 votes) and Progressive Students` Association (PSA) candidate Nigam Kumari (1,256 votes). Meena`s win marked the first time the ABVP has bagged a central panel post since Saurav Sharma`s victory on the same post in 2015-16. The last time the ABVP won the post of president was in 2000-01 when Sandeep Mahapatra had emerged victorious. This year`s election saw a split in the Left alliance, with the AISA and the DSF contesting as one bloc while the SFI and the All India Students` Federation (AISF) formed a coalition with the Birsa Ambedkar Phule Students` Association (BAPSA) and the PSA. The ABVP contested the election independently. Hailing the victory of its alliance on three central panel posts, AISA also raised concern over the ABVP`s narrow win for the post of joint secretary and called it a challenge to the Left`s dominance on campus.
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