Archive · 19 Sep 2026
Riya Chhawdi Wins DUSU Secretary Post as ABVP Leads Election
Riya Chhawdi has been elected Secretary of the Delhi University Students’ Union.
She ran as a member of the ABVP student group.
She received 21,650 votes.
ABVP won three of the four main student-union positions.
An independent candidate won the Vice-President position.
Riya studies at Sri Aurobindo College and is pursuing a B.A. Programme.
She comes from a farming family in Delhi.
She has also played basketball for her college.
During the campaign, she and ABVP spoke about safer campuses, more hostels and better student support.
Riya Chhawdi of ABVP won the Delhi University Students’ Union Secretary post with 21,650 votes.
ABVP captured three of the four central DUSU posts: President, Secretary and Joint Secretary.
Independent candidate Deepanshu Shokeen won the Vice-President position.
Chhawdi is from Modband village in Badarpur, Delhi, and comes from a farming family.
Her campaign highlighted women’s safety, hostel capacity, academic reforms and career support for students.
- Who
- Riya Chhawdi, an ABVP candidate from Sri Aurobindo College, won the DUSU Secretary post.
- What
- She was elected Secretary of the Delhi University Students’ Union with 21,650 votes.
- When
- The election was held on September 18, 2026, and results were declared on September 19, 2026.
- Where
- The election was for the Delhi University Students’ Union in Delhi, India.
- Why
- Her campaign focused on women’s safety, greater hostel capacity, academic reforms, transparent examinations and results, and placement and internship support.
- Winner
- Riya Chhawdi
- Position
- DUSU Secretary
- Votes
- 21,650
- Student group
- Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP)
- Election result
- ABVP won three of the four central posts
- Vice-President
- Independent candidate Deepanshu Shokeen
- College
- Sri Aurobindo College, University of Delhi
- Term
- 2026–27