The result assumes significance, especially ahead of the Lok Sabha elections next year, as the PU poll verdict is often referred to as the “mood of the region”
There were nine candidates in the race for the presidential post. Divyansh Thakur of CYSS was second in the polls with 2,399 votes. Rakesh Deshwal of ABVP received 2,182 votes. Yuvraj Garg of SOI received 996 votes.
At least 15,963 Panjab University (PU) students will cast their votes at 179 polling booths. The polling will start at 9.30 am. The counting will start at 12 noon at Gymnasium Hall in PU.
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Amid deployment of over 1,200 policemen, polling for the four-member Panjab University Campus Students' Council began peacefully on Wednesday with 21 candidates in the fray, officials said, with the results slated to be announced in the .