DUSU polls: Abhijeet Dipke claims money power influences elections, cites luxury cars

Cockroach Janta Party CJP convenor Abhijeet Dipke has alleged that money power drives elections pointing to the ABVPs recent Delhi University Students Union poll victory and claiming campaigners travel in luxury carsThe ABVP an affiliate of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh RSS on Saturday won three of the four central panel posts of DUSU in the polls that unfolded after recent CJPled Gen Z protestsThe Congressbacked National Students Union of India NSUI failed to secure any of the four central panel posts with the ABVP winning the president secretary and joint secretary positionsAsked about the DUSU polls Dipke told reporters on Sunday evening Money works in elections and nothing else Those who campaign in DU come in Rolls Royce which is worth crores of rupees They come in Audi BMW So money works thereOn Congress MP Rahul Gandhis claim that the BJPled government was promoting people with ideological affiliations Dipke echoed similar concernsIn Amravati I saw that Vice Chancellor Kumud Sharma VC of Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya Wardha located near Amravati comes from the RSS ideology Since she became VC FIRs have been registered against more than 50 students he claimedWhen students protest for something an FIR is registered against them But when ABVP opposes something or locks any gate no FIR is registered against them Only Dalit Adivasi tribal students who oppose the ideology are booked It is a roadmap to make institutions universities a shakha of RSS Dipke chargedThe CJP founder further claimed students were losing faith in the education systemThe Maharashtra Public Service Commission aspirants have been demanding the resignation of MPSC Chairman Vivek Bhimanwar for many days over allegations of corruption and are agitating for it The students have lost faith in the examination system How can the students keep faith that exams will be conducted transparently until Bhimanwar resigns he askedDipke said the CJP along with MPSC aspirants will soon launch an online campaign Bhimanwar Rajinama Dya Bimanwar resign wherein students will explain who Bhimanwar is what his achievements are his relation with Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and why his resignation is requiredOn the suicide of an IIT Bombay student last week Dipke said it cannot be justified just because he was caught cheatingThe student was found hanging from the ceiling fan in his hostel room on Friday evening hours after he was allegedly caught using a mobile phone and ChatGPT during a midsemester examination as per officialsThe suicide incident at IIT Bombay is painful This is a result of students losing faith in the education system Children are dying in backward areas as well as big cities They are committing suicide because they feel that no one is there to support them Dipke claimedSuicide cannot be justified if he is caught cheating Did we ever hear of a minister committing suicide after being caught in corruption or a businessman who looted a bank and fled Mental health counselling is more important here It was not such a grave mistake to warrant suicide he saidTalking about his recent tour to Vidarbha where he also visited tribal schools the CJP leader alleged that students were not being given proper facilitiesAshram schools residential schools get a large amount of funds Recently three students died of snakebite in Gadchiroli but still beds are not given to students and they are still sleeping on the ground Girls had to bathe in the open and there was no roof or doors to the boys bathroom Are they animals he askedIf you cannot give a dignified education then for what reason are you sitting in power Dipke said targeting the governmentHe further said the Adivasi School Thik Karo campaign will continue and expand nationwideI have visited parts of Maharashtra and will also go to Gujarat about which no one is asking me he addedOn the Election Commissions decision to freeze the name and symbol of Trinamool Congress TMC Dipke said that Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar should join the ruling BJP dissolve all Opposition parties and freeze their symbolsOne party will contest and one party will win elections he quippedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever