PUSU polls: JD(U) vice-president Prashant Kishor thorn in BJP flesh

The Patna University Students Union (PUSU) polls this year witnessed fierce rivalry between the Chhatra JD(U), the student wing of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's party, and the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the student wing of the RSS. There were allegations of Janata Dal (United) Vice-President Prashant Kishor meddling in the elections, putting the party's relations with ally BJP under strain. Kishor's visit to the vice-chancellor's residence on Sunday had led to angry protests from the ABVP. After the police rounded up some ABVP leaders, a delegation of BJP MLAs made a late-night dash to the Raj Bhavan in