ABVP leader Ankiv Baisoya (circled) after winning presidentila post in Delhi University Students Union election in September 2018 (Photo -Lokmatnews.in)
 
Delhi: Newly elected Delhi University Student Union (DUSU) President Ankiv Baisoya’s is said to have submitted a fake marksheet and degree to get admission in Delhi University (DU).
 
He said he studied many subjects at Thiruvalluvar University in Tamil Nadu’s Vellore from 2013 to 2016. He couldn’t recall any specific subjects in his BA education or names of any HOD’s.
 
A member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh-affiliate, Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, 23-year-old Baisoya had obtained admission in Delhi University’s postgraduate Buddhist Studies programme this year by submitting fake marksheets.

 
“The Tamil Nadu branch of the Congress Party and its students’ group, the National Students Union of India, had the documents he submitted vetted by the university. Its controller of examinations declared the document a “fake certificate,” reported Scroll.
 
Dr P Asokan, the Controller of Examinations of the Thiruvalluvar University in Vellore said, “No student by the name Ankiv Baisoya studied with us. We have no branches or study centres anywhere, including Delhi. It’s a fake certificate. No student by that name studied either at our university or at any of the more than 100 affiliated colleges. We receive many such complaints. We are not responsible for dubious institutions offering certificates in our name,” NDTV reported.
 
“The mark-sheets allegedly submitted by Mr Baisoya which NDTV has accessed show many errors. For instance, the Tamil title of the university’s name on top has glaring spelling mistakes. It does not give the major subject’s name. It merely says BA. The names of the subjects too appear odd. Instead of clear names of subjects the certificates say Core Theory, Elective, Allied, Non Major Elective etc,” the report added.

 
The Hindu independently contacted Thiruvalluvar University with the Registrar incharge V. Peruvalluthi saying, “This letter has been sent from our Controller’s office. It has been signed by our Controller. The certificate is without any doubt fake.”
 
“There is practically no trace of Baisoya’s life in Vellore on his Facebook page although it is rich in photographs from campaigns and protests in Delhi University over much the same period – he is either in them or has been tagged on them. For example, he has been tagged on a photograph posted on Facebook on October 17, 2014, which is clearly of a protest at Delhi University’s Faculty of Arts. The Parishad’s present state secretary, Bharat Khatana posted the photo of another protest on November 12, 2014, and tagged Baisoya on it. Khatana and a noticeably slimmer Baisoya, appear in a third photo, posted six days later, both wearing the Parishad’s name-tags. Photographs from the next two years are more numerous, especially from 2016 when he clearly helped campaign for the Parishad’s candidate for president, Satender Awana, who had also won,” Scroll reported.
 
“He also insisted that he had attended a “regular programme” and not a distance-learning or correspondence one that could have explained his ubiquity in Delhi’s student politics in that period. About his student life, he appeared to remember nothing. Asked which subjects he studied as part of his arts programme, Baisoya could not name a single one except English: “I wrote several types of exams, in English and skilled-based subject.” Upon being prodded on whether he did any history or any other discipline, he said he studied “several types of subjects – skill-based subjects, core, allied”. He could not recall the name of the head of any department,” the report said.
 
The ABVP and Mr. Baisoya himself when contacted rubbished the NSUI’s claims and said that Delhi University had given him admission after due verification of the documents submitted.
 
Baisoya has dismissed the allegation as false and baseless. Speaking to NDTV, Baisoya said he will file a defamation suit against the NSUI and asserted he has submitted all his certificates to the university.
 
“When asked about submitting his certificates, he said to contact the university. In a statement, the ABVP termed the NSUI allegation a propaganda. “DU has all the right to verify documents of not only Ankiv but all DUSU office bearers to stop rumours in future,” the ABVP said. ABVP bagged three posts, including that of the president, in the Delhi University Students’ Union elections last week. Baisoya won the presidential post with a margin of 1,744 votes while ABVP’s Shakti Singh was declared the vice president after he won with a margin of 7,673 votes,” reported NDTV
 
PM Modi is also under the scanner for fabricating his postgraduate degree in political science from DU.

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The counting of the votes was contentious, with NSUI making allegations of Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) tampering, and eventual violence during the process. NSUI alleged that their “loss was the result of a ‘concerted conspiracy’ to bring them down,” News18 reported. The counting began at 8.30am on Thursday, September 13, and was halted intermittently due to technical issues with the EVM machines. The process was paused for an hour in the morning because one EVM’s electronic display had failed, News18 said, adding, “A more serious technical glitch was recorded when the EVM started showing votes for post of secretary on ballot number 10, which did not exist. There were eight ballots for the eight candidates and one ballot for NOTA, bringing the total to nine.” The university’s administration acknowledged that the EVMs were faulty and the counting was halted again the afternoon.

The Indian Express reported, “In the midst of violence by students of both organisations, counting was suspended and restarted after 5.30 pm. It was first time in DU’s history that counting was suspended.” Both members of the ABVP and NSUI broke windows when they were not permitted to leave the centre.

Laraib Neyazi, the national coordinator for NSUI, told News18, “We did not get votes from seven ballots out of 126 and we demand those votes be counted in,” adding, “ABVP is behind the malfunctioning EVMs. The counting stopped multiple times and the result was postponed. This all was done to defeat us”. He alleged that the alliance between the CYSS-AISA “was part of the ‘conspiracy to defeat NSUI,” News18 reported. The NSUI also alleged that the the BJP had pressured the university’s administration to rig the polls for ABVP.

Baisoya secured 1,744 more votes than Sunny Chillar of the NSUI to win the seat of president, and, per News18, “Chillar had led on the seat all morning before the counting process was halted.” 

Key to note is a letter from Election Officer (EVM) Manoj Kumar to Ms. Shefali, ADG, Election Commission of India, which Sabrang has obtained. The letter, dated September 13, states, “With reference to the caption being shown in some news channels regarding use of EVMs in the elections of Delhi University Students Union, I am directed to inform that the EVMs in question is not of Election Commission as no such EVMs have been allotted/issued to Delhi University by this office. It was also confirmed from the State Election Commission that no such machines have been given by them too.” The letter continues, “It seems that the Delhi University has procured these machines privately. A detailed report in this regard will be sent subsequently as all officials of Delhi University are not available and busy in their election process at present.” Kumar reiterated this to ANI, saying, “EVMs haven’t been issued/allotted to Delhi University by this office. It was also confirmed from State Election Commission that no such machines have been given by them too. It seems that Delhi University has procured these machines privately.” Kumar’s letter may be read below:

In light of this, the question regarding which private party or parties supplied the EVMs remains, as do the questions of whether the suppliers possessed the technology to manufacture the machines and how the machines were authorised for use in a central university.

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