ABVP's DUSU win: BJP celebrates, calls it rejection of Congress' 'Chhatron Ki Goonj'

Vibha SharmaNew Delhi, Sept. 19 -- Those who consider the Delhi University Students' union (DUSU) elections a minor exercise involving students can think again. In the current political scenario, with the BJP's 'panchayat to Parliament' approach, every election matters, and DUSU more so in the wake of the Jantar Mantar Gen Z protests and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's 'Chhatron Ki Goonj' outreach to youth.

The ABVP, the student organisation affiliated with the BJP's ideological fountainhead, the RSS, maintained its dominance in the DUSU elections on Saturday, securing three of the four key posts, including the presidency. Independent candidate and NSUI rebel Deepanshu Shaukeen won the vice-president's post. ABVP's elected office-bearers in...