ALLAHABAD: Was the hot violence towards girls scholars at Banaras Hindu University the rationale behind Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad's (ABVP) defeat within the Allahabad University Students Union elections? To fairly an extent, if one believes political pundits.Candidates from Samajwadi Party's pupil wing, Samajawadi Chatra Sabha (SCS), won from four out of five best posts of AUSU. ABVP's Nirbhay Dwivedi was the saving grace for the organisation and was elected as the AUSU joint secretary .
Political analysts said the police action towards scholars who have been protesting towards an incident of sexual harassment at BHU was cashed in on by means of SCS. The organisation highlighted the problem with the intention to convince citizens about the pitfalls of voting for ABVP , an organisation affiliated to the ruling BJP.
On October 6, an afternoon earlier than applicants filed nominations for the elections, resources said ABVP was virtually in a position to incorporate the first runner-up within the presidential contest and independent candidate Mrityunjay Rao Parmar and Priyanka Singh in its panel of nominees.
However, as the BHU violence snowballed into a big issue by means of the first week of October, ABVP went with Priyanka Singh as its choice for AUSU presidential candidate. This most probably was the parishad's approach of successful over the girl scholars.
"ABVP should have seen it coming. There was a resentment against the organisation over issues like the policies of the University Grants Commission and the Union government. The BHU issue was the final nail in the coffin," said Avinash Kumar Srivastava, a pupil of AU. A senior faculty member said, "The students felt cheated as the incumbent AUSU president who belonged to the ABVP was unable to do anything concrete for them other than confronting the uni versity administration over hostel issue. There, too, he failed because there was no action against the VCRL Hangloo. The BHU violence added fuel to the fire lit by discontentment against ABVP ." .
Analysts said SCS was successful in convincing first-time citizens on the campus that BHU vice-chancellor GC Tripathi-who is carefully related to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh -was accountable for the violence on BHU campus and similar incidents may just occur in AU in the event that they vote for ABVP .
Some analysts additionally attributed ABVP's loss to the internal rift inside ABVP. Sources said the runner up for the put up of president, Mrityunjay Rao Parmar was the forerunner for the put up however ABVP chose to go with Priyanka Singh instead. They additionally said Singh wanted to revamp the group's image, which had decline after the BHU incident. However, as Rao was now not chosed by means of ABVP , a lot of his supporters chose to vote for other applicants.
Political analysts said the police action towards scholars who have been protesting towards an incident of sexual harassment at BHU was cashed in on by means of SCS. The organisation highlighted the problem with the intention to convince citizens about the pitfalls of voting for ABVP , an organisation affiliated to the ruling BJP.
On October 6, an afternoon earlier than applicants filed nominations for the elections, resources said ABVP was virtually in a position to incorporate the first runner-up within the presidential contest and independent candidate Mrityunjay Rao Parmar and Priyanka Singh in its panel of nominees.
However, as the BHU violence snowballed into a big issue by means of the first week of October, ABVP went with Priyanka Singh as its choice for AUSU presidential candidate. This most probably was the parishad's approach of successful over the girl scholars.
"ABVP should have seen it coming. There was a resentment against the organisation over issues like the policies of the University Grants Commission and the Union government. The BHU issue was the final nail in the coffin," said Avinash Kumar Srivastava, a pupil of AU. A senior faculty member said, "The students felt cheated as the incumbent AUSU president who belonged to the ABVP was unable to do anything concrete for them other than confronting the uni versity administration over hostel issue. There, too, he failed because there was no action against the VCRL Hangloo. The BHU violence added fuel to the fire lit by discontentment against ABVP ." .
Analysts said SCS was successful in convincing first-time citizens on the campus that BHU vice-chancellor GC Tripathi-who is carefully related to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh -was accountable for the violence on BHU campus and similar incidents may just occur in AU in the event that they vote for ABVP .
Some analysts additionally attributed ABVP's loss to the internal rift inside ABVP. Sources said the runner up for the put up of president, Mrityunjay Rao Parmar was the forerunner for the put up however ABVP chose to go with Priyanka Singh instead. They additionally said Singh wanted to revamp the group's image, which had decline after the BHU incident. However, as Rao was now not chosed by means of ABVP , a lot of his supporters chose to vote for other applicants.
BHU protest, rift marred ABVP's chances
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