ABVP Breaks New Ground, Wins 23 Of 44 Councillor Seats In JNU
New Delhi: Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (
ABVP
) has won 23 of the 44 councillor posts across the 16 schools as well as joint and special centres of
Jawaharlal Nehru University
(JNU), breaking into new territory on the campus, a day before the students' union election results are expected.
Under the United Left alliance,
AISA
and DSF won seven seats in all. The Left-Ambedkarite Unity Panel of SFI, AISF, BAPSA, and PSA won five seats. The remaining seats went to independents and other student organisations, a student union meber said.
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In JNU student's union (JNUSU), the council comprises the central panel — president, vice-president, secretary and joint secretary — and the councillors. No proposal is passed without the consent of the council. With 23 seats, ABVP's hand in decision-making in
JNUSU
will significantly rise.
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ABVP's striking success lay in its winning of two of the five seats in the School of Social Sciences. The organisation has won here for the first time in 25 years, breaking into a traditionally Left-leaning stronghold. The RSS-backed outfit also won two positions in the School of International Studies. The AISA-DSF alliance secured seven seats, and the SFI-Ambedkarites alliance won five seats.
Counting of votes for the positions of president, vice-president, secretary, and joint secretary is on. The result is expected on April 28.
The impact of fragmentation of the Left-leaning student organisations was evident in the results. It allowed ABVP a clean sweep in several centres. The outfit couldn't breach the Left stronghold in the School of Language though, failing to win any of the six councillor positions. These were claimed by Left organisations.
ABVP secured one out of two seats in the School of Biotechnology, the one seat in the Special Centre for Molecular Medicine, one out of two in the School of Computational and Integrative Science, two out of three in the School of Computer and System Science, a clean sweep of all four seats in the School of Engineering, the one seat in the Special Centre for Nanoscience, all three in the School of Sanskrit and Indic Studies, both in the Amalgamated Centre, one out of two in the School of Environmental Science, the sole seat in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee School of Management and Entrepreneurship, and two out of three in the School of Physical Science.
The Students' Federation of India (SFI), All India Students Federation (AISF), Birsa Ambedkar Phule Students Association (BAPSA), and Progressive Students Association (PSA) panel won five seats. These includes one in Arts and Aesthetics by SFI, one in the School of Biotechnology by SFI, one in the Centre for Law and Governance by BAPSA, and one in the School of Language by SFI. All India Students Association (AISA)-Democratic Students Federation (DSF) won seven councillor seats, including three in the School of Language and Culture Studies, two in the School of Social Sciences, one in SIS, and one in the School of Arts and Aesthetics.
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