PU students’ council election: AAP’s student wing CYSS registers its maiden victory, Aayush Khatkar wins presidential poll by securing 2,712 votes

Harish Gujjar of Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad managed to get 2,052 votes

Panjab Education Minister Gurmeet Singh Hyer reached Panjab University campus to join party’s student wing in their celebrations. Pic credit- Twitter/@meet_hayer

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, October 18

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) made their presence felt in the Panjab University Campus Students’ Council (PUCSC) elections as their students’ wing Chhatra Yuva Sangharsh Samiti (CYSS) candidate Aayush Khatkar won the presidential poll.

Khatkar got 2712 votes, while his nearest rival Harish Gujjar of Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) managed to get 2052 votes.

Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann congratulated Khatkar on winning the elections.

युवा चाहें तो देश की तकदीर बदल सकते हैं... आज पंजाब यूनिवर्सिटी के छात्रों ने इसे साबित कर दिया है... आम आदमी पार्टी के विद्यार्थी विंग CYSS की शानदार जीत ने भगत सिंह की सोच को और मजबूत किया है.. आयुष खटकड़ बने प्रधान...

पूरी टीम को बधाई...

इंकलाब जिंदाबाद https://t.co/ftdot01teH
— Bhagwant Mann (@BhagwantMann) October 18, 2022

AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal also congratulated CYSS for its electoral performance.

“आप” के छात्र संगठन CYSS को पंजाब यूनिवर्सिटी चुनाव में शानदार जीत मिली है। आयुष खटकड़ को प्रेसिडेंट बनने पर बहुत-बहुत बधाई।

आज देश भर का युवा “आप” की ओर बड़ी उम्मीद से देख रहा है, बड़ी संख्या में जुड़ रहा है। “आप” युवाओं की पार्टी है। युवा ही भविष्य में देश की बागडोर सँभालेंगे।
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) October 18, 2022

CYSS contested its maiden elections in Panjab University and started its streak with victory.

Meanwhile, Panjab Education Minister Gurmeet Singh Hyer reached Panjab University campus to join party’s student wing in their celebrations.

Panjab University Students Election victory is verdict in favor of policies our national convenor Arvind Kejriwal and Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann. Youth has rejected communal ideology and operation Lotus pic.twitter.com/JIpeP8T48E
— Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer (@meet_hayer) October 18, 2022

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