With ABVP and NSUI largely dominating the Delhi University Students Union (DUSU) elections on Saturday, an independent candidate seems to have made huge strides, winning with a massive margin in the Vice President race.
Independent candidate Deepanshu Shokeen won the Vice President post with 30,615 votes, emerging victorious after he was not given the NSUI ticket. Follow live updates on the DUSU election results here.
This was the only post where an Independent candidate emerged victorious, with ABVP winning the President, Secretary and Joint Secretary posts.
Who is Deepanshu Shokeen?
Shokeen, who pulled off a surprise win in the DUSU polls this time, is a student of the Department of Buddhist Studies, like several other candidates in the fray.
According to an NDTV Hindi report, Shokeen hails from Peeragarhi, his father a bus conductor and his mother an Anganwadi worker.
A graduate from the Bhagat Singh College, Deepanshu always had his mind set on entering student politics, even though his father wished for him to pursue UPSC.
{{/usCountry}}A graduate from the Bhagat Singh College, Deepanshu always had his mind set on entering student politics, even though his father wished for him to pursue UPSC.
{{/usCountry}}He also took a tough stand against the PG collapse in Satya Niketan and vowed to not wear his slippers until justice was served, the report added.
Ahead of the results, Deepanshu had already claimed victory as the new Vice President of DUSU. “it’s done Bro 💪Thank you DU 🙏 Independent Vice President,” he posted on X.
He also thanked students of Delhi University and vowed to stand by their trust in him.
NSUI association and fallout
According to several reports, Deepanshu Shokeen had sought candidature from the NSUI, one of the student bodies he is now fighting against in the DUSU Vice President elections.
According to NDTV Hindi, Shokeen had even filed his nomination, but was asked to withdraw by the NSUI. The student leader refused to do so and instead entered the poll fray as an Independent.
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Deepanshu is among the five Vice President candidates in the DUSU elections, others being Aranya Singh Rathore, Ishu Maurya, Vir Chatrath and Akshat Shikhar.