Student organisations look to carry Jantar Mantar momentum into DUSU election
The polls are due to be held six to eight weeks after the commencement of the session, in accordance with the Lyngdoh Committee guidelines.What set this year’s outreach apart was that it began well before the academic session. Leaders of the All India Students’ Association (AISA) emerged as prominent faces during the hunger strike, while the All India Students’ Federation ran a bookstall at the centre of the site. The only prominent student organisation absent from the site was the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), which said it was working for reform on campus and was present where it “needed to be”.At present, three of the four DUSU office-bearers, including president Aryan Mann, are from the ABVP.
- ▪The polls are due to be held six to eight weeks after the commencement of the session, in accordance with the Lyngdoh Committee guidelines.What set this year’s outreach apart was that it began well before the academic session.
- ▪Leaders of the All India Students’ Association (AISA) emerged as prominent faces during the hunger strike, while the All India Students’ Federation ran a bookstall at the centre of the site.
- ▪The only prominent student organisation absent from the site was the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), which said it was working for reform on campus and was present where it “needed to be”.At present, three of the four DUSU office
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With the Jantar Mantar protest drawing to a close, student organisations are preparing to shift their campaign from the protest site to the Delhi University campus as the new academic session begins on Tuesday.The networking, visibility, and political momentum built during the 36-day agitation at Jantar Mantar, led by students and the Cockroach Janta Party over the NEET paper leak case, are likely to shape their outreach ahead of the DU Students’ Union (DUSU) elections. The polls are due to be held six to eight weeks after the commencement of the session, in accordance with the Lyngdoh Committee guidelines.What set this year’s outreach apart was that it began well before the academic session.
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