The 35-year-old Rohan, son of former Union Minister late Arun Jaitley, secured 1,577 votes compared to Azad's 777 in the race to the top position, which comes with a three-year term. His father had served as DDCA president for 14 years.
As many as 2,413 votes were cast from among the 3748 members, and 1,207 votes were required to win.
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