Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 12:49pm on 19 Sep 2026,Saturday India
Independent candidate Deepanshu Shokeen has won the vice-president post in the Delhi University Students' Union (DUSU) election 2026, defeating candidates backed by ABVP and NSUI. Shokeen secured 30,615 votes and beat ABVP's Ishu Maurya, who got 16,910, by 13,705 votes. NSUI's Vir Chatrath received 4,313 votes. A student of Buddhist Studies at DU, Shokeen comes from Peeragarhi village in Delhi. His father is a bus conductor and his mother an anganwadi worker. He had sought an NSUI ticket but was asked to withdraw his nomination. He refused and contested independently, campaigning on student safety and accommodation. He now holds one of DUSU's four key posts. (PC: India Today)
