United Left sweeps JNUSU polls, SFI's Aishe Ghosh president
SFI gets president post after 13 years
New Delhi, Sep 17: The united front of Left student groups AISA, SFI, AISF, DSF won all the four central panel posts in the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union (JNUSU) polls, the election committee announced on Tuesday.
The RSS-affiliated Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) came second on the posts of president, vice president, general secretary and joint secretary.
The front comprises the Students' Federation of India (SFI), the Democratic Students' Federation (DSF), the All India Students' Association (AISA) and the All India Students' Federation (AISF).
SFI got the president’s post after 13 years, with Aishe Ghosh elected as JNUSU president with 2,313 votes. Ghosh defeated ABVP’s Manish Jangid, who got 1,128 votes, PTI reported.
The Congress-affiliated National Student's Union of India (NSUI) fielded a candidate only for the post of president.
Slogans of 'Lal Salaam' and 'Inquilab Zindabad' rent the air as the results were announced.
Left Unity wins all the 4 posts-President,Vice President, Secy&Joint Secy in JNU students' union(JNUSU)elections. Delhi HC had today allowed JNU election committee to declare its results. It had earlier put stay on declaration of results&restrained JNU admn from notifying results pic.twitter.com/5bTIaAirvd
— ANI (@ANI) September 17, 2019
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RR beat RCB by six wickets in IPL
Guwahati (PTI): Blistering fifties by Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Dhruv Jurel powered Rajasthan Royals to a six-wicket win over Royal Challengers Bengaluru in their IPL match here on Friday.
Sent in to bat, RCB rode on a fighting half-century by skipper Rajat Patidar (63) to post 201 for 8.
Virat Kohli (32), Romario Shepherd (22) and Venkatesh Iyer (29) also chipped in with useful contributions.
In reply, Sooryavanshi (78 off 26 balls) and Dhruv Jurel (81 not out off 43 balls) shared a 37-ball 108-run partnership for the second wicket to set the platform. Krunal Pandya (2/30) tried to bring them back with back-to-back wickets.
But Jurel, in the company of Ravindra Jadeja (24), completed the task with another 68-run stand, with two overs to spare.
For RR, Jofra Archer (2/33), Ravi Bishnoi (2/32) and Brijesh Sharma (2/37) took two wickets.
Brief scores:
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: 201 for 8 in 20 overs (Rajat Patidar 63; Jofra Archer 2/33, Ravi Bishnoi 2/32, Brijesh Sharma 2/37).
Rajasthan Royals: 202 for 4 in 18 overs (Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 78, Dhruv Jurel 80 not out; Krunal Pandya 2/30, Josh Hazlewood 2/44).
