PaRCha - JNU - AISA chits - 2008 ID-9868
.
like us to believe that it is the politics of reservation the benefits of the Admission Policy for deprived sections..
which has kept caste artificially and anachronistically.
alive and that without reservation the entire system of Now, there is a renewed offensive from the judiciary.
castes would have been effectively demolished by now. against the very idea of reservations - by a range of diktats.
by the Supreme Court. The latest move is the Supreme.
But the fact is that caste-based quotas came up as the Court stay on OBC quotas - a move that is in keeping with.
first corrective step to combat casteism in a society that con- the range of other anti-poor and anti-democracy verdicts on.
tinues to `reserve' education and social status for the upper Narmada movement, slum displacement, and `contempt'.
castes, while `reserving' the most menial jobs - cleaning shit orders against journalists who exposed judicial corruption..
and sweeping dirty drains, tanning leather, etc...- for the `low-.
er castes'. Ambedkar, writing about his childhood, described Defence of Reservations and Rights of SC/STs.
how he and his brothers felt as children, when on a journey, and OBCs.
they were denied water and transport because they were.
dalits - though their father was well-off and they themselves Last year, it was the AISA who rose up to the challenge ofYFE.
were educated and had money. This should remind us that and met this offensive head-on through a 34-day pro- reser-.
casteism discriminates even against those who are relatively vation hunger strike, challenging YFE's frenzy every inch of.
well-off - recall the incident at Gohana in Haryana, where the way. When YFE brought out a casteist leaflet calling dalit.
upper caste goons of the Congress and BJP burnt up an students "lesser mortals", it was AISA's JNUSU leadership.
entire colony of upwardly mobile dalit homes. alone which held a Protest March, which was boycotted by.
the SFI and its representatives in JNUSU.
AISA's month-long Hunger Strike for Social Justice.
asserted that in JNU, progressive forces and pro-reservation The AISA leadership in JNUSU articulated a strong.
voices would robustly challenge every move of the likes of position in the April 10 AC meeting, in favour of implementa-.
YFE who mask elitism with slogans of `equality'. When the tion of 27% reservation and 54% seat increase without any.
YFE tried to tarnish JNU's long-standing socially sensi- staggering in JNU. In the meeting called by the SSS Dean,.
tive tradition by using JNU campus as a base for their it was only the AISA councillor from SSS, Pallavi Deka who.
retrograde Hunger Strike, there was an urgent need to was present and asserted the above position. In protest.
frontally contend with their ideological propaganda. This against the Supreme Court stay on OBC quota, it was AISA's.
is what the AISA's Hunger Strike for Social Justice did - JNUSU office bearers who called for a Protest March on.
by actively mobilising the progressive forces of JNU on campus and at Parliament Street. Implementation of 27%.
a rational and logical platform, to prove that JNU would reservation remains a key question and the machinations of.
not be willing to swallow the myths of `merit', of `equal- YFE to derail it will be robustly defeated..
ity', of reservations being `casteist', of beneficiaries of.
reservation being `sub-standard'. AISA and its JNUSU leadership have stood in solidarity.
with AIIMS doctors against the victimization of dalits and vi-.
Being ideologically and morally defeated, the YFE also olation of Constitutional SC/ST quotas in AIIMS. They alone.
exposed its real face by an ugly attempt to whip up casteist issued a statement of protest against the brutal lynching of.
passions and spread hatred against beneficiaries of reserva- a dalit college student, Chakrasen by upper caste goons in.
tions, whom they branded as `sub-standard groups of people'. Pratapgarh, U.P..
.
While YFE spread its frenzy - where did the In the coming JNUSU elections, JNU students must.
political forces of JNU stand? give a fitting rebuff to the YFE and its tirade against the.
oppressed sections of society, and isolate all those forc-.
NSUI kept silent and has to this day failed to issue a sin- es which merely pay lip service to the agenda of social.
gle leaflet explaining its position on reservations; ABVP justice, while failing to challenge the YFE head-on when.
claimed in a single leaflet to support reservations, but it it vitiates the atmosphere on our own campus..
is a known fact that ABVP and YFE continue to collab-.
orate with each other till this date. SFI refused to take Central Panel.
YFE head on and boycotted the protest demonstration President : Sandeep Singh.
against the casteist abusive leaflet of YFE called by the Vice- President : Shephalika Shekhar.
then JNUSU President from AISA. SFI's soft-pedalling Gen. Secy. : Pallavi Deka.
on YFE and casteism is linked to the stances of their Jt. Secy. : Md Mobeen Alam.
parent parties CPI-CPI(M):.
SIS SAA S. Karmegam SSS.
The Chairman of the West Bengal's CPI-CPI(M)-led Left.
Front said, "27% reservation for OBCs is uncalled for in Arvind Kumar Ashok Kumar K.C..
West Bengal" and "Quotas can't exist at the cost of merit.
and excellence". The effective OBC quota in Bengal is Khalid Abdalla Abdelwahab Javed Iqbal Wani.
stuck at a mere 5%..
Madri Kakoti Meera Visvanathan.
In keeping with this policy, SFI abstained on the Monalisa Adhikari SLL&CS.
pro-Mandal resolution in the 1990 UGBM in JNU, Abhineet Raj Sucheta De.
which helped to defeat the pro-Mandal resolution and.
forced the pro-Mandal JNUSU (not led by SFI) to resign? Vismay Basu P. Kumar Mangalam Urvashi Tilak.
.
Successive SFI-led JNUSUs between 1984-1993 failed Syed Mohammad Raghib.
to restore the Admission Policy of deprivation points that.
was scrapped in 1983; it was only the AISA-led JNUSU Uday Kr. Shankar.
that won deprivation points for OBCs in its very first.
tenure in1993-94. The SFI-led JNUSU of 1998-99 (the Vishal Kumar.
review year for the Admission Policy) refused to expand.
Sd/- Awadhesh,.
Convenor,Campaign Committee, AISA, JNU.
..
PaRCha - JNU - AISA chits - 2008 ID-9868
.
like us to believe that it is the politics of reservation the benefits of the Admission Policy for deprived sections..
which has kept caste artificially and anachronistically.
alive and that without reservation the entire system of Now, there is a renewed offensive from the judiciary.
castes would have been effectively demolished by now. against the very idea of reservations - by a range of diktats.
by the Supreme Court. The latest move is the Supreme.
But the fact is that caste-based quotas came up as the Court stay on OBC quotas - a move that is in keeping with.
first corrective step to combat casteism in a society that con- the range of other anti-poor and anti-democracy verdicts on.
tinues to `reserve' education and social status for the upper Narmada movement, slum displacement, and `contempt'.
castes, while `reserving' the most menial jobs - cleaning shit orders against journalists who exposed judicial corruption..
and sweeping dirty drains, tanning leather, etc...- for the `low-.
er castes'. Ambedkar, writing about his childhood, described Defence of Reservations and Rights of SC/STs.
how he and his brothers felt as children, when on a journey, and OBCs.
they were denied water and transport because they were.
dalits - though their father was well-off and they themselves Last year, it was the AISA who rose up to the challenge ofYFE.
were educated and had money. This should remind us that and met this offensive head-on through a 34-day pro- reser-.
casteism discriminates even against those who are relatively vation hunger strike, challenging YFE's frenzy every inch of.
well-off - recall the incident at Gohana in Haryana, where the way. When YFE brought out a casteist leaflet calling dalit.
upper caste goons of the Congress and BJP burnt up an students "lesser mortals", it was AISA's JNUSU leadership.
entire colony of upwardly mobile dalit homes. alone which held a Protest March, which was boycotted by.
the SFI and its representatives in JNUSU.
AISA's month-long Hunger Strike for Social Justice.
asserted that in JNU, progressive forces and pro-reservation The AISA leadership in JNUSU articulated a strong.
voices would robustly challenge every move of the likes of position in the April 10 AC meeting, in favour of implementa-.
YFE who mask elitism with slogans of `equality'. When the tion of 27% reservation and 54% seat increase without any.
YFE tried to tarnish JNU's long-standing socially sensi- staggering in JNU. In the meeting called by the SSS Dean,.
tive tradition by using JNU campus as a base for their it was only the AISA councillor from SSS, Pallavi Deka who.
retrograde Hunger Strike, there was an urgent need to was present and asserted the above position. In protest.
frontally contend with their ideological propaganda. This against the Supreme Court stay on OBC quota, it was AISA's.
is what the AISA's Hunger Strike for Social Justice did - JNUSU office bearers who called for a Protest March on.
by actively mobilising the progressive forces of JNU on campus and at Parliament Street. Implementation of 27%.
a rational and logical platform, to prove that JNU would reservation remains a key question and the machinations of.
not be willing to swallow the myths of `merit', of `equal- YFE to derail it will be robustly defeated..
ity', of reservations being `casteist', of beneficiaries of.
reservation being `sub-standard'. AISA and its JNUSU leadership have stood in solidarity.
with AIIMS doctors against the victimization of dalits and vi-.
Being ideologically and morally defeated, the YFE also olation of Constitutional SC/ST quotas in AIIMS. They alone.
exposed its real face by an ugly attempt to whip up casteist issued a statement of protest against the brutal lynching of.
passions and spread hatred against beneficiaries of reserva- a dalit college student, Chakrasen by upper caste goons in.
tions, whom they branded as `sub-standard groups of people'. Pratapgarh, U.P..
.
While YFE spread its frenzy - where did the In the coming JNUSU elections, JNU students must.
political forces of JNU stand? give a fitting rebuff to the YFE and its tirade against the.
oppressed sections of society, and isolate all those forc-.
NSUI kept silent and has to this day failed to issue a sin- es which merely pay lip service to the agenda of social.
gle leaflet explaining its position on reservations; ABVP justice, while failing to challenge the YFE head-on when.
claimed in a single leaflet to support reservations, but it it vitiates the atmosphere on our own campus..
is a known fact that ABVP and YFE continue to collab-.
orate with each other till this date. SFI refused to take Central Panel.
YFE head on and boycotted the protest demonstration President : Sandeep Singh.
against the casteist abusive leaflet of YFE called by the Vice- President : Shephalika Shekhar.
then JNUSU President from AISA. SFI's soft-pedalling Gen. Secy. : Pallavi Deka.
on YFE and casteism is linked to the stances of their Jt. Secy. : Md Mobeen Alam.
parent parties CPI-CPI(M):.
SIS SAA S. Karmegam SSS.
The Chairman of the West Bengal's CPI-CPI(M)-led Left.
Front said, "27% reservation for OBCs is uncalled for in Arvind Kumar Ashok Kumar K.C..
West Bengal" and "Quotas can't exist at the cost of merit.
and excellence". The effective OBC quota in Bengal is Khalid Abdalla Abdelwahab Javed Iqbal Wani.
stuck at a mere 5%..
Madri Kakoti Meera Visvanathan.
In keeping with this policy, SFI abstained on the Monalisa Adhikari SLL&CS.
pro-Mandal resolution in the 1990 UGBM in JNU, Abhineet Raj Sucheta De.
which helped to defeat the pro-Mandal resolution and.
forced the pro-Mandal JNUSU (not led by SFI) to resign? Vismay Basu P. Kumar Mangalam Urvashi Tilak.
.
Successive SFI-led JNUSUs between 1984-1993 failed Syed Mohammad Raghib.
to restore the Admission Policy of deprivation points that.
was scrapped in 1983; it was only the AISA-led JNUSU Uday Kr. Shankar.
that won deprivation points for OBCs in its very first.
tenure in1993-94. The SFI-led JNUSU of 1998-99 (the Vishal Kumar.
review year for the Admission Policy) refused to expand.
Sd/- Awadhesh,.
Convenor,Campaign Committee, AISA, JNU.
..