Last year, INSO contested the students' body elections in an alliance with Chhatar Yuva Sangharsh Samiti (CYSS), a student outfit of Aam Adami Party (AAP).
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Indian National Students Union (INSU) backed by the Indian National Congress, Indian National Students Organisation (INSO) backed by Haryana’s Jan Nayak Janta party and Himachal Pradesh Students Union (HPSU) has formed an alliance to contest Panjab University Campus Students Council (PUCSC) elections on Friday.
The student body elections will be held on September 6. The PU will release the list of final candidates on the basis of their nominations. Last year, INSO contested the students’ body elections in an alliance with Chhatar Yuva Sangharsh Samiti (CYSS), a student outfit of Aam Adami Party (AAP). CYSS candidate Aayush Khatkar had won the president post by securing 2,712 votes while Pravesh Bishnoi of INSO was elected to the post of general secretary by getting 4,275 votes.
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INSU leader, Manoj Lubana, said, “We formed the alliance. The seat-sharing formula will be released shortly.”
Interestingly, Jannayak Janta Party (JJP), the parent body of INSO, is in alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Haryana. So far, BJP’s student wing, Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) has decided to contest the student body elections independently.
Saurabh Parashar is a journalist with The Indian Express, where he primarily covers developments in Himachal Pradesh. He has been associated with The Indian Express since 2017 and has earlier worked with The Times of India. He has 17 year + experience in the field of print journalism. An alumnus of Government College for Men, Sector 11, (Panjab University), Chandigarh, Saurabh holds a Diploma in Journalism from Bhartiya Vidya Bhawan, Chandigarh. He pursued his Master’s in Mass Communication from Guru Jambheshwar University of Science & Technology, Hisar. In addition, he completed his law degree from Himachal Pradesh University (HPU), Shimla. ... Read More
