Newly elected president and secretary are each college students of UILS, that is one of the maximum populous depts of Panjab University
Law college students played a pivotal role inside the victory of newly elected Panjab University student council president Aayush Khatkar and secretary Pravesh Bishnoi.
Both from University Institute of Legal Studies (UILS), Ayush turned into fielded with the aid of Aam Aadmi Party’s scholar wing Chhatra Yuva Sangharsh Samiti (CYSS), and Pravesh, a member of Indian National Students Organisation (INSO), become representing the ABVP led alliance.
UILS is one of the most populous departments of PU and both UILS and branch of legal guidelines have more college students than most departments.
Khatkar secured a complete 2,712 votes, of which 541 were from college students of UILS. Khatkar’s closest competition, Harish Gujjar of ABVP led alliance and Gurwinder Singh of NSUI, obtained 221 and 112 votes, respectively, from UILS students.
The CYSS candidate additionally were given maximum votes from department of laws at 179, even as Gujjar and Singh secured 107 and ninety votes, respectively. Khatkar also secured the most votes from a few other departments together with mathematics and physics.
Gurwinder, a student of University Institute of Engineering and Technology (UIET), obtained fewer votes than Gujjar from his personal branch. Gujjar acquired 314 votes from UIET students, Gurwinder managed 303 and 241 votes were secured by way of Khatkar.
Meanwhile, Bishnoi, who secured a complete four,275 votes, acquired 1,064 of them from UILS, even as his closest competitors Sagar Bawa and Saksham Garg managed best 187 and forty two votes, respectively
Bishnoi emerged as a favorite is the department of legal guidelines as properly with 318 votes, while Bawa and Garg managed handiest 158 and 37 votes, respectively. He were given the highest variety of votes from various departments which include dental institute, geography, physics and UIET.