The candidates from Left teams on Sunday swept the Jawaharlal Nehru College College students Union elections, with the United Left successful three posts and the Birsa Ambedkar Phule College students’ Affiliation rising victorious on one seat, reported The Hindu.
The Akhil Bharatiya Vidhyarthi Parishad misplaced all seats. The organisation is the coed wing of the Bharatiya Janata Occasion’s dad or mum organisation: the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.
The voting was held on March 22. The elections have been performed after a niche of 4 years.
The United Left panel included the All India College students’ Affiliation, the College students’ Federation of India, the Democratic College students Federation and the All India College students’ Federation, with every having lent one candidate for the 4 posts.
Dhananjay of the All India College students’ Affiliation received the submit of president by securing 2,598 votes, in keeping with the outcomes. Akhil Bharatiya Vidhyarthi’s Umesh Chandra Ajmeera got here in second for the submit.
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“I’m overwhelmed on the assist I’ve obtained,” the newly elected president stated after the victory. “It has been made clear that the scholars are sad with the federal government, and so they need issues to vary.”
Dhananjay, a local of Bihar’s Gaya district, is the primary Dalit candidate to have received the presidency of the Jawaharlal Nehru College College students Union up to now 20 years. He’s at present pursuing a PhD in Theatre and Efficiency Research on the college.
Avijit Ghosh from the Pupil Federation of India received the submit of vice chairman after bagging 2,409 votes.
Mo Sajid from the All India College students Federation received the submit of joint secretary with 2,574 votes.
Priyanshi Arya of the Birsa Ambedkar Phule College students’ Affiliation, a Dalit who identifies as a queer girl, received the submit of basic secretary by getting 2,887 votes.
“Among the many points that I hope to handle are accessibility in infrastructure for college students with disabilities, dropouts amongst SC [Scheduled Castes], ST [Scheduled Tribes] college students, discount of weightage within the viva voce, and bringing GSCASH [Gender Sensitisation Against Sexual Harassment’] again,” stated Arya, who comes from Uttarakhand’s Haldwani.
The candidature of the United Left’s Swati Singh, who was contesting for the submit of basic secretary, was rejected on Friday, after which the Left urged the scholars to vote for Arya.
The Birsa Ambedkar Phule College students’ Affiliation, nonetheless, stated that Arya would have received with or with out the assist of the Left.