JNUSU Elections Result 2024 have been announced. Hailing from Bihar’s Gaya, Dhananjay is the first Dalit president from the Left after Batti Lal Bairwa, who was elected in 1996-97.
JNUSU Elections 2024: The Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union (JNUSU) on Sunday elected its first Dalit president — Dhananjay — from the Left-backed groups after nearly three decades. In the polls that took place after a hiatus of four years, Dhananjay from the All India Students’ Association (AISA) won the JNUSU president’s post by securing 2,598 votes against the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad’s (ABVP) Umesh C Ajmeera, who secured 1,676 votes.
Who is Dhananjay? AISA Candidate Who Won JNUSU President’s Post
Hailing from Bihar’s Gaya, Dhananjay is the first Dalit president from the Left after Batti Lal Bairwa, who was elected in 1996-97. “This victory is a referendum by the students of JNU that they reject the politics of hate and violence. The students have once again shown their trust in us. We will continue to fight for their rights and work on issues that concern students,” the newly elected JNU President Dhananjay spoke to news agency PTI. The polling for the JNUSU elections was held on Friday, March 22 this year. “The safety of women on campus, fund cuts, scholarship hike, infrastructural and water crisis are among the top priorities of the students union to begin with,” he further added.
The United Left panel comprises AISA, Democratic Students’ Federation (DSF), Students’ Federation of India (SFI) and the All India Students’ Federation (AISF). Earlier on Sunday, the United Left panel effected a clean sweep in the JNUSU election, defeating its nearest rival the RSS-affiliated ABVP. Sharing a post on X, AISA wrote, “The Left United Panel registers a dynamic victory on the posts of President, Vice President and Joint Secretary in the JNUSU elections. Whereas the Left supported BAPSA candidate won the post of Secretary.”
The Left United Panel registers a dynamic victory on the posts of President, Vice President and Joint Secretary in the JNUSU elections. Whereas the Left supported BAPSA candidate won the post of Secretary.#JNUElection2024 #JNUSU_इलेक्शन pic.twitter.com/1toAf0wiyg
— AISA (@AISA_tweets) March 24, 2024
Avijit Ghosh, also from the Left, won the Vice President’s seat with 2409 votes
Avijit Ghosh from the Students’ Federation of India (SFI) trounced ABVP’s Deepika Sharma by 927 votes to win the vice-president’s post. Ghosh received 2,409 votes as against 1,482 votes by Sharma.
Priyanshi Arya, supported by the Birsa Ambedkar Phule Students Association (BAPSA), became the General Secretary after getting 2887 votes
Birsa Ambedkar Phule Students’ Association (BAPSA) candidate Priyanshi Arya, who was supported by the Left, won the general secretary post’s by defeating ABVP’s Arjun Anand by 926 votes. Arya polled in 2,887 votes while Anand received 1961 votes. The United Left extended its support to Arya after the Election Committee cancelled the nomination of its candidate Swati Singh when her candidacy was challenged by the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad.
Mo Sajid from the Left won the Joint Secretary’s seat
The Left’s Mohammad Sajid won the joint secretary’s post by defeating ABVP’s Govind Dangi by 508 votes.
