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Meet the winners of the JNU students’ union polls
The counting of votes, which were cast by students on Tuesday, began at 9 am a later and stretched late into Thursday evening as tensions ran high on the campus amid drumrolls, slogans, and a wave of red, blue, and saffron flags.
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There was drama on the campus as the election concluded amid drumrolls, slogans, and a wave of red, blue, and saffron flags.
The Left alliance pulled off a clean sweep in the Jawaharlal Nehru University’s Students’ Union (JNUSU) election this year. Here are the four winners:
Aditi Mishra (AISA), President
A PhD scholar at JNU’s Centre for Comparative Politics and Political Theory, Mishra hails from UP’s Varanasi. She took part in the 2017 Benaras Hindu University protests against women’s hostel curfew timings, and the anti-CAA protests. She was also an activist at Pondicherry University in 2018.
Kizhakoot Gopika Babu (SFI), Vice-President
A PhD scholar at the Centre for the Study of Law & Governance, Babu hails from Kerala’s Thrissur. She has defeated Tanya Kumari by the highest vote margin of more than 1000 votes for this year’s elections. In 2024, she won the post of Councillor of the School of Social Sciences.
Sunil Yadav (DSF), General Secretary
A PhD scholar at JNU’s Centre for European Studies,Yadav is a first-generation graduate from Bedipur village in Uttar Pradesh’s Basti district. He completed his Master’s in 2021 from JNU and has been actively participating in student politics.
Danish Ali (AISA), Joint Secretary
A PhD scholar from JNU’s Centre for Historical Studies, Ali is from Bandarbarru in Madhya Pradesh’s Narsinghpur district. After finishing her UG in History from Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College, she went to Central Hindu School in 2022 to earn a Master’s degree.
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