Thiruvananthapuram: SFI has maintained its winning streak in the elections to Kerala University union and senate held here on Friday.
SFI won eight of the total 10 seats to the senate while AISF and KSU won one seat each.
Anila Rajan, first-year MCom student at TKMM College, Nangiarkulangara, was elected as the union chairperson. Vice-chairpersons are Aisha Babu (S N College, Kollam), Drisyamol T K (NSS College, Pandalam), Sruthi P V(Iqbal Training College, Peringamala). Nakul Jayachandran (Sanskrit College, Thiruvananthapuram) was elected as the union general secretary.
SFI candidates won chairperson, vice-chairperson and joint secretary seats and 14 of the total 15 seats to the executive council. It won all five seats in the election to accounts committee.
SFI and AISF contested together in the university elections this time. SFI district president Riyas Wahab termed the party’s victory this time as historic.
The election procedure, which began in the morning at the university headquarters, concluded late on Friday evening.
Those elected to senate are Aleena Amal (CSI Institute of Legal Studies, Cheruvarakkonam), P L Anand (Kerala Law Academy), A Ananthu (S N College, Kollam), Ananthu S Pochayil (Kerala Law Academy), Arya Prasad (D B College, Sasthamcotta), A L Chanthu (University College), N Noufal (Kariavattom campus), Riyas Wahab (Kariavattom campus), Sachu S Nair (Government Law College).The only KSU candidate who got elected from the KSU panel was Joyal John Joseph (Law Academy).
Meanwhile, KSU workers staged a protest in front of the university, alleging election rigging by SFI workers and leaders. The KSU workers claimed that SFI workers did not allow many of their activists to cast vote.