A day after Holi, the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) campus was soaked in hues of red and blue as flags of winning student outfits fluttered on the campus. United Left Panel candidate Dhananjay was declared the winner of the president’s post in the student body poll results that were announced on Sunday. He is the first Dalit candidate to hold the post in 27 years.
Another Dalit candidate, Priyanshi Arya, from the Ambedkarite organisation Birsa Ambedkar Phule Students Association (BAPSA), was elected the general secretary. Ms. Arya’s victory marks the first time that BAPSA, founded 10 years ago, has made an entry into the central panel. The RSS-affiliated ABVP trailed on all four students’ body posts.
“After a decade, BAPSA finally made it into JNUSU central panel. JNUSU isn’t red, now blue is in it,” read an X post by the Ambedkarite outfit.
