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Rahul Gandhi questions NSUI over Deepanshu Shokeen win

By Drooid · Sep 29, 2026, 10:25 AM UTC · How we work

Summary

Story summary

Rahul Gandhi summoned NSUI leaders Kanhaiya Kumar and Vinod Jakhar to discuss the DUSU defeat.
Gandhi questioned why NSUI omitted independent Deepanshu Shokeen from the vice-president race despite his vote strength.
Independent Deepanshu Shokeen secured the vice-president seat with 30,615 votes.
ABVP won three of four central-panel seats, making Shokeen the first independent elected to the panel in 17 years.

History

Historical Context

The BJP’s 1998 landslide—securing 251 Lok Sabha seats nationally and winning six of Delhi’s seven parliamentary seats—marked its first major surge in the capital. That wave helped its student wing, the ABVP, dominate Delhi University politics, a pattern echoed today as Rahul Gandhi called NSUI leaders Kanhaiya Kumar and Vinod Jakhar to contest renewed partisan battles on campus.

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Story summary

Rahul Gandhi summoned NSUI leaders Kanhaiya Kumar and Vinod Jakhar to discuss the DUSU defeat.
Gandhi questioned why NSUI omitted independent Deepanshu Shokeen from the vice-president race despite his vote strength.
Independent Deepanshu Shokeen secured the vice-president seat with 30,615 votes.
ABVP won three of four central-panel seats, making Shokeen the first independent elected to the panel in 17 years.

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