AISA sweeps JNU students' union election

Hamid, a French masters student, polled 1,705 votes, narrowly defeating DSF's Sonam Goyal by 59 votes.



The major battle was between the AISA -- which also won three posts barring that of president in 2012 -- and the DSF, a breakaway group from the Students Federation of India (SFI).

"The students have recognised our efforts. In the last couple of months, we took up several issues like increasing the amount of scholarship from Rs.200 to Rs.500 along with mess and hostel accommodation issues," Chaudhary told IANS. "All these contributed to our big win."

Agnes told IANS: "Our initiative now is to make JNU a world class research university."

Manimee, who hails from Arunachal Pradesh, told IANS: "Though we lost, it is a great start for NSUI. In spite of the negative campaign against the NSUI, we could manage such a large number of votes."