ABVP wins 3 DUSU posts; independent candidate Deepanshu Shokeen gets vice-president's position
ABVP won three of four central posts as independent candidate Deepanshu Shokeen captured the vice presidency with 30,615 votes, according to election results.
- On Saturday, September 19, 2026, the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad won three of four central Delhi University Students' Union posts, with Yash Dabas elected president after vote counting concluded.
- The Satya Niketan building collapse, which killed seven people including five students, became a defining campaign issue that drove candidate promises to conduct safety audits of PGs and hostels.
- Independent candidate Deepanshu Shokeen secured the vice-president's post with 30,615 votes, while Dabas won the presidency by 2,053 votes amid record 40.46% voter turnout.
- Union Minister Kiren Rijiju characterized the victory as "very important and deeply symbolic," while Congress-backed National Students' Union of India failed to win any of the four posts.
- President Dabas prioritized safety audits for hostels and PGs as his top concern, while BJP leaders hailed the result as confirmation of youth support for nationalist ideology.
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ABVP's Yash Dabas Wins DUSU President; Independent Deepanshu Shokeen Takes VP
According to the final vote tally after 20 rounds of counting, Yash Dabas won the President post with 24,576 votes, defeating National Students' Union of India (NSUI) candidate Vijay Meena, who secured 22,523 votes.
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The PrintABVP wins 3 DUSU posts; independent candidate Deepanshu Shokeen gets vice-president's position
ABVP won three of the four central panel posts in the Delhi University Students' Union election, while independent candidate Deepanshu Shokeen secured the vice-president's post. The Congress-backed NSUI failed to win any of the four positions. ABVP's Yash Dabas defeated NSUI's Vijai Shankar Meena by 2,053 votes in the presidential race.
‘Congress’s Naraz Fufas couldn’t mislead youth’: Govt sources hail ‘mini-India’s message’ in ABVP’s DUSU win, Dikshit alleges irregularities
The comments came after ABVP won three of the four central posts in the DUSU elections. According to PTI, ABVP’s Yash Dabas won the president’s post, Riya Chhawdi secured the secretary’s position and Lakshya Raj Singh bagged the joint secretary’s post.
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