Election at GKU

Independents trounce NSUI and ABVP

In the prestigious elections for the students union of the Gurukul Kangri University, Haridwar, the candidates fielded by the NSUI, the students wing of the Congress and the ABVP, the students wing of the BJP, have been humbled by the independents.

For the coveted post of the president of the union, Manish Chauhan, an independent, came out with flying colours by securing 875 votes, while his nearest rival, the NSUI candidate Rahul Kumar secured 609 votes and the ABVP supported candidate Gurvendra Singh trailed at the third position with only 95 votes. Gokul Kumar, an independent, bagged the post of the secretary by routing Neeraj Kumar by 372 votes. Kartikeya has been declared as joint secretary by trouncing Arshit Agarwal by 471 votes. Of total 1639 votes 20 were declared invalid. The NSUI and the ABVP could not win even a single seat. After the results were declared there were scenes of jubilation in the campus and the supporters of the winner candidates took out a procession in the city.

For the post of the vice president, Ajit Kumar, for the treasurer Gaurav Singh and for the members of the executive committee Preetam Kumar and Shubham Kumar Chauhan had already been unanimously elected. The results were declared by the chief returning officer, Dr. Ambuj Sharma, amid tight security arrangements.

Strangely enough, the girl students were not given voting rights. The university public relations officer, Dr. Pradeep Joshi said that the girl students did not demand voting rights.