ABVP demands declaration of DUSU poll results

New Delhi, Sep 28: The RSS-affiliated Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) on Saturday urged the Delhi University administration to declare the results of the Delhi University Students’ Union (DUSU) elections immediately.

In a press conference here at the student union’s headquarters, the ABVP leaders argued that delaying the results undermines student representation.

The counting of votes, originally scheduled for Saturday, was stalled following a Delhi High Court order earlier this week.

On Friday, a senior DU official indicated that the announcement of the DUSU election results is likely to be delayed until October 21, when the court is set to hear the matter. The court had directed DU to withhold the counting until all posters, banners, and defacement of public property on the campus were cleared.

The court has also directed Delhi University to pay for the expenses incurred by the civic authorities, including the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), government departments and Delhi Metro, for restoring the public property noting that the varsity would have the right to recover the amount from the candidates thereafter.