NEW DELHI: The battle for Delhi University Students’ Union (DUSU) is taking shape around an issue that extends beyond the campus gates — where and how thousands of students live — as ABVP filed nominations of seven probable candidates on Thursday and intensified its outreach ahead of the polls.Alok Attri, Ishu Maurya, Lakshya Raj Singh, Nitin Tanwar, Riya Chhawari, Tanya Mavi and Yash Dabas filed nominations, with ABVP set to pick four of them for president, vice-president, secretary and joint secretary after scrutiny.ABVP enters the election defending three of the four central posts it won last year — president, secretary and joint secretary — while NSUI holds the vice-president’s post.But the Satya Niketan PG building tragedy has brought student housing and safety sharply into the election discourse, with rival organisations competing over an issue affecting a large section of DU students dependent on private accommodation.
After filing nominations, ABVP’s probable candidates with the resolve of ‘No More Satya Niketan’.
ABVP, which has held protests over the incident, has begun a PG-to-PG survey under its “Aakhir Kab Tak?” campaign to identify fire, structural and basic-facility gaps. It is demanding more affordable university hostels, faster construction of new hostels and stricter safety enforcement in PGs and rented accommodation.
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The issue, however, is not ABVP’s alone. AISA and SFI, which have renewed their alliance for the election, have also made safe and affordable housing a central plank alongside concessional Metro passes, opposition to fee hikes, public education and academic freedom.ABVP is simultaneously conducting class-to-class outreach and says student feedback will shape its manifesto. It is also pitching the outgoing DUSU’s record, including CCTV cameras, internships, U-Bus services and Pink Booths.ABVP Delhi secretary Sarthak Sharma said the aim was a union that remained “accessible, accountable and responsive throughout the year”.This version gives the report a campus-wide election story rather than an ABVP press-release frame. It also avoids implying that ABVP owns the housing issue when its rivals are making essentially the same concern a major campaign plank.
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