What ABVP’s Panjab University win means for Punjab polls, BJP-Akali alliance

ABVP’s Ankit Bidhan after Punjab University Student Council election victory. (ANI Video Grab) 7 min readChandigarhSep 8, 2026 02:06 PM IST First published on: Sep 5, 2026 at 06:50 AM IST The victory of the RSS’ student wing, Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), in the Panjab University Campus Students’ Council (PUCSC) election for the second consecutive time is being hailed as a proof of the BJP’s growing traction among young voters in Punjab. Union Home Minister Amit Shah quickly took to X to hail the ABVP’s win, describing it as a “testament to the unwavering faith of the youth power in the ‘Nation First’ ideology”.