Yuva Sena bags nine seats at graduate constituency elections of MU Senate

After a prolonged delay, owed to governmental and ineligible disputes, the Mumbai University Senate’s postgraduate constituency elections were yet held earlier this week connected Tuesday. Out of full 13,406 graduates registered arsenic voters for this election, lone 55 per cent formed their votes astatine 38 polling stations and 64 booths dispersed crossed Mumbai city, suburbs, Thane, Navi Mumbai, Palghar, Raigad, Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg, considering the immense jurisdiction of Mumbai University which has implicit 850 affiliated colleges.

A full of 28 candidates from antithetic younker wings contested for the 10 seats including Yuva Sena (UBT), Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), among others. Candidates of Yuva Sena (UBT) who were declared winners connected Friday are – Pradeep Sawant, Milind Satam, Alpesh Bhoir, Param Yadav, Shashikant Zore, Sheetal Devrukhkar, Dhanraj Kohchade, Mayur Panchal and Sneha Gawli.

Pradeep Sawant, who has been a Senate subordinate successful the erstwhile word too, said, “Despite governmental unit being utilized by others, today’s effect shows that youngsters spot Yuva Sena (UBT) to correspond their issues astatine the Senate. We are looking guardant to contributing to varsity’s development, present that the Senate volition yet person a afloat forum.”

Sankalp Faldesai, authorities caput of ABVP Konkan, said, “It was an predetermination betwixt governmental giants vs pupil union. We fought our best, determination whitethorn beryllium immoderate strategical faults, to which we volition surely introspect. Apart from each the malpractices the winners did during the elections, astatine past they person their names penned connected winning sheets.”

The MU Senate elections for the postgraduate constituency person been pending for implicit 2 years and person been mired successful contention owing to governmental developments successful the state. Yuva Sena, from the clip of undivided Shiv Sena, has been the strongest campaigner astatine Mumbai University Senate successful past elections. In the erstwhile term, the Yuva Sena had won each the 10 posts.

Congratulating each winning candidates, Yuva Sena (UBT) main Aaditya Thackeray, “Our candidates worked hard and voters supported us. Due to the fearfulness of losing, elections are not being held successful the metropolis and section bodies of the state. There were efforts by Opposition to halt the Senate predetermination excessively but I convey the court.”