AISF wins 2 of 5 PUSU posts

PATNA: Left forces might be on the wane in Bihar politics, but two of the five key posts of Patna University Students' Union (PUSU) have been bagged by the All India Students' Federation (AISF), students' wing of Communist Party of India. The BJP's students' wing Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), Chhatra JD-U and Chhatra RJD had to remain content with one each of the three remaining posts the election to which was held on Tuesday.The results were announced in the wee hours of Wednesday.
ABVP's Ashish Sinha, a student of Patna Law College and son of local BJP MLA Arun Kumar Sinha, was elected the union president defeating his nearest rival All India Students' Association (AISA)'s Divya Gautam, a student of Patna College, by 168 votes. Ashish got 1,896 votes. There were 15 contestants in the fray for the post.
AISF's Anshuman, a PG student of ancient Indian history and archaeology department, trounced his nearest rival ABVP's Abhishek Kumar, a student of Patna College, by 79 votes to become the vice-president of the union. Anshuman secured 1,463 votes. There were 12 students contesting for the post.
AISF's Anshu Kumari, a PG student of applied economics and commerce, was elected general secretary. She defeated her nearest rival Chhatra RJD's Saif Danish Karim of Patna College by 960 votes. Anshu secured 2,203 votes. There were 12 contestants for this post.
Chhatra JD-U's Anupriya, a student of Magadh Mahila College, defeated her nearest rival AISA's Prachi Raj of Patna Women's College by 600 votes to bag the post of secretary for which 13 candidates were trying their luck. Anupriya got 1,865 votes.
Chhatra RJD's Abhishek Gupta, a student of Patna College, was elected treasurer. His nearest rival was his college mate Sanjeev Kumar who contested the election as an independent candidate. While Abhishek bagged 1,504 votes, Sanjeev polled 1,112 votes.
Those elected to the PUSU executive committee from different constituencies are Amrita Sinha and Nancy (Patna Women's College), Anushka Arya and Pallavi (Magadh Mahila College), Amrikesh Kumar Gulshan and Nikhil Chakrabarty (B N College), Abhishek Kumar and Kumar Abhishek (Patna Science College), Ritwik Raj and Vijay Kumar Yadav (Patna College), Rakesh Kumar (College of Arts and Crafts), Priyanka Sinha (Women's Training College), Deep Narayan Kumar (Patna Training College), Puja Kumari (Vanijya Mahavidyalaya), Himanshu Kumar Yadav (Patna Law College), Ravi Kumar (faculty of science), Ram Kumar Singh (faculty of social science), Ramesh Kumar (faculty of humanities), and Vidyanand Kumar (faculties of commerce, education and law).
There were altogether 18,000 voters of whom around 50% turned out to exercise their franchise. At 58 booths. Announcing the results, PUSU election's chief returning officer Amarendra Mishra thanked the students for maintaining peace during the entire process of polling and counting of votes. He also thanked PU teachers and non-teaching staff for their cooperation.