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DU panel agrees to show recordings of poll counting to NSUI

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Sep 12 2016 | 8:42 PM IST
Delhi University poll panel's grievance committee today agreed to show the recording of the counting process for DUSU polls to the National Students Union of India's (NSUI) which has alleged rigging during the election process.
Delhi University Student Union (DUSU) polls were held on last Friday and the results declared on Saturday.
NSUI, the student wing of the Congress, has alleged that the election result was rigged. The outfit had also alleged that during voting in some colleges there was problem with the electronic voting machines.
"We had a meeting with the grievance redressal committee today. They agreed to our demands and for the first time the room hosting the EVM machines has been sealed. The panel has also agreed to show us the recordings of the counting process as well as machine wise votes secured by each candidate will be furnished," aid Angelica Aribam, NSUI National Secretary.
NSUI has won the joint secretary position in DUSU making a come back in the university's union after two years. The other three posts were won by RSS' student wing ABVP.
Immediately after the results were declared on Saturday, NSUI party members had held a protest outside the vice chancellor's office and started a hunger strike. However, the strike was called off after the grievance committee assured them of looking in to the issue.

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First Published: Sep 12 2016 | 8:42 PM IST

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