With ABVP and NSUI largely dominating the Delhi University Students Union (DUSU) elections on Saturday, an independent candidate seems to have made huge strides, leading with a massive margin in the Vice President race.
This is the only post where an Independent is leading, with others – President, Secretary and Joint Secretary, seeing a close contest between the ABVP and the NSUI. Deepanshu has already claimed victory as the new Vice President of DUSU While the counting of votes is still underway. The student leader refused to do so and instead entered the poll fray as an Independent. Deepanshu is among the five Vice President candidates in the DUSU elections, others being Aranya Singh Rathore, Ishu Maurya, Vir Chatrath and Akshat Shikhar.
Shokeen hails from Peeragarhi, his father a bus conductor and his mother an Anganwadi worker, according to an NDTV Hindi report. “it’s done Bro 💪Thank you DU 🙏 Independent Vice President,” he posted on X. 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 several reports. Shokeen had even filed his nomination, but was asked to withdraw by the NSUI, according to NDTV Hindi .
