CJP Founder Abhijeet Dipke Alleges Money Power Influenced DUSU Polls
· India · The Hindu, Telegraph India
Cockroach Janta Party convenor Abhijeet Dipke has claimed that money power drives elections, pointing to the ABVP's recent victory in the Delhi University Students' Union polls. The ABVP won three of the four central panel posts in elections that saw a voter turnout of 40.46 percent. Dipke stated that campaigners arrived in luxury vehicles such as Rolls Royce, Audi, and BMW. He also alleged that universities are being turned into RSS shakhas and that students protesting against such ideologies face FIRs. The Maharashtra Public Service Commission aspirants have separately been agitating for the resignation of MPSC Chairman Vivek Bhimanwar.
Why it matters
The allegations bring renewed scrutiny to student union election funding, political affiliations on university campuses, and the enforcement of disciplinary action against protesting students.
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