Congress Brainstorms Over Gen Z Vote After ABVP Sweeps DUSU Elections

India Today

Following the Delhi University Students Union election results where the ABVP secured three seats while the Congress's student wing NSUI won zero, Rahul Gandhi is set to hold a brainstorming session with NSUI chief Vinod Jakhar, in-charge Kanhaiya Kumar, and senior party leader K.C. Venugopal at his residence. The party is introspecting on why youth votes leaned towards the ABVP despite expectations surrounding Gen Z anti-establishment sentiment. A party representative noted that discussions focused on strengthening organisational presence across campuses, countering institutional influence, and addressing concerns regarding educational standards and university administration.

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00:01What is the Congress Party up to after the defeat they have witnessed at the Delhi University Students' Union elections?

00:08This remember at a time when they were expecting that the Gen Z is against the Bharatiya Janata Party,

00:14the RSS against the Modi government and could be in favour in support of the Congress.

00:19The Congress brainstorming is now on on the Gen Z battle.

00:23This was one category, at least after the Jantar Mantar protest, they expected would come as votes of the DUSU

00:31to the Congress Party.

00:33Rahul Gandhi is now set to meet the NSUI chief, Vinod Jakar.

00:37And in that meeting, we're expecting there will be Kanhaya Kumar, KC Venu Gopal and others as well because the

00:44Congress will have to introspect.

00:45This is not about national level or assembly level politics.

00:47For the students, which is basically the age group of 18 to 24 on an average, if they also believe

00:54that the Congress or the NSUI, the student wing, is not for them to vote and they are heading towards

01:00the ABVP, what then led to that change?

01:04So Rahul Gandhi will be brainstorming, introspecting and discussing the DUSU poll defeat.

01:08Just to give you a background, what happened?

01:11ABVP, which is seen as a student wing primarily with regard to the RSS or to the Bharatiya Janata Party,

01:18even if not officially, won three DUSU seats.

01:22Congress says NSUI got zero.

01:25So Rahul Gandhi will want to meet the NSUI chief, Vinod Jakar, in charge Kanhaya Kumar and KC Venu Gopal

01:30as a senior leader.

01:31This will be at his residence to discuss the reasons what happened.

01:33It will be crucial because if the Gen Z is believed to be anti-Modi, anti-Modi government, anti-RSS,

01:39anti-ABVP, why did most votes still go to the ABVP and the Congress getting a zero seat?

01:46And remember, because I've studied in the Delhi University, there have been times in the past where the NSUI has

01:51won several times.

01:52What is it that now that number is coming down?

01:58Yes.

02:09Yes.

02:12Yes.

02:14Yes.

02:22Yes.

02:23Yes.

02:24It is definitely different.

02:25Yes.

02:26Out of slee係ions.

02:47That you'll have reached directly to you in 2018.

02:51and the way the education is always going to get rid of it so we need to work on it.

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