DUSU polls: To drum up support, ABVP looks at appointing classroom in-charges

Yadav said the organisation is likely to be successful in making these appointments in 60% of classrooms: “It will be put in place this year and made functional in its full capacity from next year.”

The ABVP also finds support from the Yuva Morcha, with the campaign spilling out of the university to students’ homes. “… As a helping hand to the ABVP, booth-level workers see if there are any students living in their area — each one may be able to reach out to 5-10 students and ask them to vote for ABVP,” said Sunil Yadav, state president of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha.

The other two major players are the Left-affiliated All India Students’ Association and NSUI. “Since we don’t have money and muscle power, we mobilise by going class to class, distributing the manifesto and talking about it. We are also focusing on online campaigning — sending out messages on WhatsApp broadcast lists and so on,” said AISA state president Kawalpreet Kaur.

NSUI national in-charge Ruchi Gupta said, “We have our campaign, ‘Awaaz Uthao, Seeti Bajao’ to talk about inequality between campuses, colleges and students. We are linking university issues with larger ones… The ABVP’s campaign is riding on the BJP’s coat-tails.”