New Delhi. Union Home Minister Amit Shah has congratulated the workers of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) for their landslide victory in the student union elections of Odisha. He said that this victory of the Council is a befitting reply of the youth to the anti-national forces. Union Home Minister Amit Shah wrote in a post on the social media platform ‘X’ on Saturday morning, “Hearty congratulations to the ABVP workers for the landslide victory in the student union elections of Odisha.”
Shah also attacked his opponents, citing ABVP victories in Punjab University, Delhi University and now universities in Odisha. He said in the ‘
ABVP has made a strong mark in the student union elections in Odisha. The organization has won the posts of 8 presidents and 11 general secretaries in 13 universities. At the same time, there has been a complete clean sweep in 6 universities. The student council said in an ‘X’ post after the victory, “The mandate of the students of Odisha is clear, they are with the ABVP. The message from the campuses of Odisha is clear: the students have expressed their confidence in the ABVP’s commitment towards student leadership and service.”
According to the Odisha Higher Education Department, voting took place from 8 am to 2 pm on Thursday in a total of 332 higher educational institutions (which include around 320 colleges and 13 universities). A total of 6,696 candidates contested the elections in these institutions, including 6,358 from colleges and 338 from universities. Barring a few minor incidents of violence, campus elections in colleges and universities across the state were largely conducted peacefully.