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The Congress held a high-level review meeting following the National Students' Union of India's rout in the Delhi University Students' Union elections, where the student wing failed to win a single seat. Rahul Gandhi met with party General Secretary KC Venugopal, NSUI in-charge Kanhaiya Kumar, and NSUI president Vinod Jakhar at his residence. Gandhi and Venugopal expressed strong disappointment and questioned the leadership over controversial ticket distribution after three seats were won by the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad and one by an independent rebel candidate.

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00:00Congress brainstorms after the big DUSU poll defeat.
00:04There was a meeting that was held.
00:05Rahul Gandhi met with Kanhaiya Kumar, who is the in charge of NSUI,
00:10and also with the NSUI President Vinod Chakar.
00:13And Kanhaiya Kumar faces major criticism for the Congress-DUSU route.
00:17There was a high-level Congress meeting on the DUSU results.
00:20Remember, NSUI did not win any seat this time in the DUSU election.
00:25Three seats were won by ABBP, one by an independent candidate,
00:28who, by the way, was an NSUI rebel.
00:31Rahul Gandhi reviewed NSUI's PUA show in DUSU elections,
00:34and he also fumed over the DUSU loss.
00:37He said that he's fighting a battle for the Gen Z nationwide.
00:41And then there is the DUSU battle in which NSUI did not even win a single seat.
00:46He asked these questions to the in charge of NSUI, Kanhaiya Kumar,
00:52and also to the NSUI President Vinod Chakar.
00:55They were pulled up for this PUA show in the DUSU battle.
00:58And he questioned the poll outcome.
01:00And Rahul Gandhi even said that we were close to winning the presidential seat.
01:04Then what happened?
01:05Why did we not even win a single seat in the election?
01:09Now, Congress General Secretary KCV NU Gopal also slammed Kanhaiya Kumar over the ticket distribution.
01:14Now, remember, there was a big controversy over the NSUI ticket distribution for the DUSU election.
01:18So, that is also on which the questions were asked from Kanhaiya Kumar and also Vinod Chakar.
01:24And after which, KCV NU Gopal slammed Kanhaiya Kumar over the wrong ticket distribution.
01:31So, Congress, remember, got crippling blow in the DU poll fight.
01:36And my colleague Rahul Gopal is now joining us with more details on this.
01:40Rahul, give us more details on what all unfolded in this high-level meeting on the DUSU election.
01:44What all did Rahul Gandhi said?
01:47And can we expect any action against Kanhaiya Kumar in the coming days over this PUA performance?
01:53The truth is, you know, yesterday, yesterday afternoon, in fact, when Rahul Gandhi was there at his judgment,
02:00Kanhaiya Kumar, who is the NSUI in charge, Vinod Chakar, who is the NSUI chief, and Mr. KCV NU Gopal,
02:07they all were summoned to NJANJPAT.
02:09And over there, Rahul Gandhi, what we are learning from our thoughts,
02:13expressed his strong disappointment over the results.
02:16In fact, the LOP looks about were extremely unhappy with the kind of handling that was given to DUSU results.
02:24In fact, you know, this has come a huge blow or a major setback for Congress party
02:29and particularly for the kind of politics that Rahul Gandhi has been dealing for quite some time,
02:35you know, catering to Gen Z, youth, students.
02:38And obviously, this creates a narrative that, you know, the Congress is still not able to,
02:44you know, captivate the minds of young voters.
02:47And therefore, Rahul Gandhi expressed a strong, you know, resentment, disappointment with the results.
02:53Not just Rahul Gandhi, in fact, Mr. KCV NU Gopal also slammed, you know,
02:58the poor ticket distribution that was handled by Kanhaiya Kumar and Vinod Chakar.
03:04Also, we have to understand that, you know, as far as Congress is concerned, you know,
03:10on one hand, Congress was trying to create a narrative that they've been trying to, you know,
03:15target young audience at the same time they were completely routed in their university elections.
03:21As far as action is concerned, we've been informed from our sources that at this point of time,
03:26since Rahul Gandhi is extremely unhappy, you know, an action is being pondered upon.
03:32But what kind of action will be followed, we have to really wait and watch.
03:37But one thing is clearly important here that Rahul Gandhi has made it very clear that he is extremely unhappy.
03:45And obviously, this also shows that DUSU elections were not handled by NSUI properly at their end.
03:54Those details, so a high-level meeting was held by the Congress party over the poor show of NSUI in
04:00the DUSU election.
04:01And Rahul Gandhi claimed that on one hand, he's holding nationwide Chhatro Ki Goonj rallies for the Gen Z.
04:06And on the other hand, the NSUI did not even win a single seat in the DUSU election.
04:12And the NSUI leadership was questioned on the poor ticket distribution that played a major factor
04:18in this humiliating defeat of the NSUI in the DUSU elections.

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