Fri. Mar 29th, 2024
NSUI candidates Chetna Tyagi, Ankit Bharti, Ashish Lamba and Abhishek Chaprana at a press meet on Thursday. Mukesh AggarwalNSUI candidates Chetna Tyagi, Ankit Bharti, Ashish Lamba and Abhishek Chaprana at a press meet on Thursday. Mukesh Aggarwal

DUSU Polls: National Students Union of India (NSUI) after 11 years has nominated a woman candidate for the president post while its rival ABVP had last fielded a woman candidate in 2011.

Out of the 12 candidates there are only four women.

National Student’s Union of India’s Chetna Tyagi will take on Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad’s Akshit Dahiya and Left-backed All India Students’ Association’s Damini Kain for the post of president.

Reason Behind Not Having A Female :

Back in 2008 the NSUI had fielded Sonia Sapra, who had lost the top post to ABVP’s Nupur Sharma.  Thereafter, the Congress’ student outfit has not fielded any woman candidate for the president’s post.

Its rival ABVP, had fielded Neha Singh for the top DUSU post in 2011 but she had lost to the NSUI candidate.

The Left-backed AISA, has preferred women for the president’s post but only last year being an exception when they fielded Abhigyan.

The AISA had last year contested in alliance with the Aam Aadmi Party’s Chhatra Yuva Sangharsh Samiti (CYSS).

ABVP:

The ABVP has fielded:

  • Pradeep Tanwar for the vice-president post,
  • Yogit Rathee for the secretary,
  • Shivangi Kherwal for the post of joint secretary

ABVP’s presidential candidate Dahiya completed his BSc in Physical Sciences from Ramjas College in 2019 and is currently in his first year of LLB at the Faculty of Law.

He is a silver medallist in bodybuilding from the Delhi University.

Pradeep Tanwar completed his graduation from PGDAV College in BA programme in 2018 and is currently pursuing his masters in Hindi from Deshbandhu College.

Yogi Rathi completed his graduation from Ramjas College in B.A (Hons) History in 2017 and was the president of Ramjas College Students’ Union.

He is currently in third year LLB at the Faculty of Law.

Shivangi Kharwal completed her graduation from Shyama Prasad Mukherjee College in B.A programme this year and is currently pursuing her MA in Buddhist Studies.

She is a member of ABVP National Executive Body.

NSUI:

The NSUI has fielded:

  • Ankit Bharti for the vice-president post,
  • Ashish Lamba for the secretary,
  • Abhishek Chaprana for the joint secretary post.

Their president pick Chetna Tyagi has been a DUSU executive councillor and a swimming player. She is currently studying at Shaheed Bhagat Singh College.

“At a time when the BJP is protecting rapists and RSS is promoting misogyny, the NSUI is proud to announce that our DUSU president candidate is a bright and fearless woman,” NSUI national in-charge Ruchi Gupta said.

Ankit Bharti is a Dalit student, who will not only raise the discrimination and problems faced by SC/ST students in Delhi University.

Ashish Lamba, a final year law student and international hockey player.

Abhishek Chaprana, a young student activist and son of an ordinary farmer, will run for the post of joint secretary.

AISA:

The AISA has fielded:

  • Aftab Alam for the post of vice president,
  • Vikas Kumar for Secretary,
  • Chetna for the joint-secretary post.

AISA Delhi president Kawalpreet Kaur said, “We are getting a huge support from the students in this DUSU elections. Our consistent movement for affordable transportation which ensured AC Bus passes has gathered a massive support from the students of DU. The first task that AISA union will ensure after coming to power is that DU students be given metro concession passes.”

Aftab Alam did his graduation from Deshbandhu College and led various movements in his campus.

Vikas Kumar did his graduation from Dyal Singh College and secured admission in Hansraj College in MA Hindi. He has been a leader of the AISA since past three years and is its prominent face in DU. He has been on the forefront in the movement for affordable transportation which ensured the validation of bus pass in AC buses.

Chetna is a first year student of Miranda House college and is the youngest member of AISA. She hails from Sirohi district in Rajasthan and is the first women in her village to come to Delhi to pursue graduation.

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