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JNUSU elections: ABVP leads Central Panel race
The Statesman Bhubaneswar
|April 28, 2025
With around 56 per cent of the votes counted, the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) maintained a strong lead across all key posts as counting continued on Sunday for the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union (JNUSU) elections 2024-25.
By 6:30 pm on Sunday, with 3,125 out of about 5,500 votes counted, ABVP candidates were ahead for all four central panel positions. For President, Shiksha Swaraj (ABVP) led with 922 votes, followed by Nitish Kumar (AISA-DSF) with 846 and Tayyaba with 417. For Vice-President, Nittu Gautam (ABVP) was leading with 823 votes, while Manisha ha
This story is from the April 28, 2025 edition of The Statesman Bhubaneswar.
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