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Jaitley, Congress leader Ajay Maken, Delhi BJP chief Jaitley, Congress leader Ajay Maken, Delhi BJP chiefSatish Upadhyay, Union minister and BJP leader Vijay Goel aresome of the prominent politicians whose journey intomainstream politics began from DUSU. Priyanka, the lone female face in this year’s electedpanel, bagged 15,592 votes and defeated her closest rival by amargin of 2,455 votes. Ankit Singh Sangwan, who won the secretary’s post secured15,518 votes. He won by a margin of 1,383 votes. NSUI’s Mohit Garid garnered the maximum number of 16,526votes and won the seat by a margin of 2,466 votes. "NSUI’s drought in DUSU has ended with Garid winning thejoint secretary’s post. The vote share of the party hasincreased in all the seats and we are confident of sweepingthe panel in the next polls," NSUI national president AmritaDhawan said. A total of 17 candidates were in the fray for the fourposts of DUSU office-bearers. While seven aspirants were vying for the post ofpresident, four nominations were validated for thevice-president’s post and three candidates each were in thefray for the post of joint secretary and secretary. While the political battle at DU has been between NSUI andABVP over the decades, Left-affiliated All India Students’Association (AISA) this time tried hard to make it to thecentral panel with a series of campaigns but failed to openits account. PTI GJS RC SKRC