THE fact that the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the student wing of the BJP, has won the president's post in the recent Panjab University Campus Students' Council (PUCSC) elections has left many observers, political and academic, puzzled. Quite understandably so. For never before has the ABVP registered an impactful presence in local student politics. The last time it bagged any post in these elections was in 2000. It's the first time that this outfit has claimed the much-coveted top post.

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