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ABVP wins 3 DUSU posts as Gupta recalls student years
Hindustan Times··4d ago
Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta congratulated ABVP after it won three of four central panel posts in the latest Delhi University Students' Union election. She recalled serving as DUSU president in 1996-97 after a year as general secretary. Independent Deepanshu Shokeen won vice-president with 30,615 votes, the first independent on the panel in 17 years.
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What It Means For You
- ABVP now holds three of four DUSU central panel posts after the latest campus election.
- An independent vice-president returns to the panel for the first time in 17 years.
- Delhi's chief minister used the result to revisit her own DUSU years in the mid-1990s.
What's Happening
- Yash Dabas, Riya Chhawadi and Lakshya Raj Singh won ABVP posts for president, secretary and joint secretary.
- Independent Deepanshu Shokeen won vice-president with 30,615 votes after missing the NSUI ticket.
- Rekha Gupta congratulated the winners and described the campus result as personally significant.
Gupta's Path Through DUSU
- She was DUSU general secretary in 1995-96 and president in 1996-97 from ABVP.
- In 1995 she served alongside NSUI president Alka Lamba.
- Gupta later joined the BJP in 2002 and became Delhi chief minister after winning Shalimar Bagh in 2025.
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