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Odisha Student Elections: NSUI Fails to Make Mark as ABVP and BCJD Dominate
- •Student union elections were held in Odisha across 346 colleges and 13 universities after a gap of eight years.
- •The RSS-affiliated ABVP claimed victory in eight out of the state's 13 universities, marking a major success.
- •The BJD student wing BCJD claimed victory in 55 to 60 percent of the seats in college student unions across the state.
- •Congress student wing NSUI claimed victory for the president post in 30 colleges and finished second in 80 institutions.
- •Union Home Minister Amit Shah called ABVP's victory a befitting reply to anti-national forces, while CM Mohan Charan Majhi noted Gen Z's trust in PM Narendra Modi.
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Student union elections were held in Odisha across 346 colleges and 13 universities. The ABVP won in eight out of the 13 universities and claimed a clean sweep at Utkal University, while the BCJD claimed victory in 55 to 60 percent of college student union seats. The Congress's student wing, NSUI, claimed victory for the president's post in 30 colleges.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah congratulated the ABVP and called its victory a befitting reply to anti-national forces, stating that the youth stand with the 'Nation First' ideology. Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi described the election results as a sign of Gen Z's trust in Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Prior to the recent elections held on October 15, student union elections in Odisha were last held in 2017. This marked a gap of eight years before student politics returned to the state's colleges and universities.
