ABVP shouldn't contest DUSU prez post for Basoya incident: AISA

The AISA demanded on Saturday that the ABVP should not contest the president's post in the Delhi University students' union elections as repentance for fielding a candidate who produced a fake certificate in last year's polls.

The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) had fielded Ankiv Basoya for the DUSU president's post last year. Basoya was elected, but it later emerged that he had allegedly submitted a fake certificate to gain admission, following which he was expelled from the RSS-affiliated outfit.

"The ABVP has not apologised for the Basoya fraud. The common students of Delhi University felt cheated," AISA Delhi president Kawalpreet Kaur said.

"The question is, 'Will ABVP seek forgiveness?'" she asked. "The outfit should apologise to the students and not contest the president's post as a way to seek the students' forgiveness."