PaRCha - JNU - JNUSU - 2012 ID-64128
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brutal massacre of adivasis in Bijapur in Chhattisgarh by the armed and paramilitary is yet another shameful instance.
of state repression. .
We are also witnessing rising fascist and communal attacks on democratic voices and people's movements, and arenewed communal offensive all over the country. In Bharatpur (in Gopalgarh district of Congress-ruled Rajasthan)and Rudrapur town of Udham Singh Nagar district of Uttarakhand, communal violence was unleashed by hindutva.
fascist brigade. Earlier in 2011 , in Nitish Kumar-ruled Bihar, brutal police firing and atrocities in Forbesganj killed 4.
innocent Muslims and left nine others severely injured. Also, Darbhanga in Bihar has emerged as the latest site ofminority witch-hunting, where Muslim youth are picked up, branded as .
'terrorists', arrested and tortured without ashred of evidence. In Delhi too, well-known journalist Qazmi has been arrested under completely spurious charges.Meanwhile, the victims of communal and casteist violence time and again fail to get justice in the courts. A Delhi courtacquitted 82 of the 97 people accused in the Mirchpur killings, for "lack of evidencell. The Patna High Court acquitted .
all the perpetrators of the horrific Bathani Tola massacre. In Gujarat, whistle blower policeman Sanjeev Bhatt and.
other democratic voices exposing state complicity in the 2002 Gujarat genocide are being victimised and silenced bythe Narendra Modi government. .
While peoples' movements against state repression, forcible land grab and corporate loot Intensified, the CPI(M) and.
the CPI were reduced to their lowest ever tallies in the Lok Sabha elections of 2009, both these parties suffered yet.
more electoral defeats in 2011. The left front government was absolutely routed in West Bengal after being in power.
for more than 30 years. Unfortunately, right-wing forces like the Trinamool Congress capitalised on the public anger.
against forcible land acquisition in Singur and Nandigram and against the Left Front governmenes corporate land graband state terror. After coming to power, the reactionary right-wing TMC government in West Bengal has repeatedlybeen showing its real draconian character -brutally clamping down on women, farmers, workers and any democratic.
dissenting voice. .
It is in these times that the JNU students' movement and JNUSU has stood as a firm defender of students.
peoples' rights against these multiple assaults. ' and .
J NUSU: Carrying Forward the Mandate for Social Inclusion, Democratization, Against.
Comm ercialization and Administrative Assaults .
After a protracted legal and political struggle by the student community, the JNUSU elections were finally restored inMarch 2012. JNUSU we all recognise not a seat of power; rather it is a seat of struggle. JNUSU stands committed to.
broadening the horizons of the student movement of JNU -carrying forward struggles for social inclusion and social.
justice, against commercialization of higher education and for greater democratization. Immediately after being" .
electeci, the JNUSU called for GBMs in all schools/centres in JNU to prepare a Charter of Demands. Thus, withthe broadest possible participation ofthe student community, the agenda for JNUSU was prepared..
The current JNUSU had a very short tenure, having being elected only in March 2012. However, every single day of.
this tenure has been utilized to carry forward and strengthen our struggles. Several init iatives were taken up for the.
very first time in JNU: .
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For the first time in JNU's history, the JNUSU took up the issue of the high weightage of viva marks in.
JNU's entrance exam. The viva committee was forced to accept JNUSU's analysis of systematic.
discrimination in the viva voce. .
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Following JNUSU's intervention, for the first time, JNU as an institution conduced mandatory gender.
sensitization and orientation classes..
A national platform for campus democracy and against the Lyngdoh recommendations was forged.;. Tatkal services in railway reservation were operationalised in JNU for the first time..
For the first time in JNU, systematic, institutionalized efforts are being taken up to make JNU barrier-free for.
physically handicapped students; readers' and escorts' allowance for PHN H students has been increased to.
Rs 2000 per month. .
:;.. J~~ a~ministration has been forced to incor~orate several of JNUSUutilisation of the funds received under the 12 's demands in JNU's proposal for.
Plan, for increasing MCM, for building more hostels, forbetter health care facilities and for improving other infrastructural facilities..
:,. Improvements in hostel allotments: This year, unlike before, SC/ST/PH students received hostelaccommodation within a day of applying, and OBC and general category students were allotted hostels.
simultaneously. After JNUSU's intervention, the old SPS building has been renovated and turned into a full-.
fledged dormitory for boys to address the immediate accommodation crisis..
> After three long years, JNU's Central Library procured around 3,700 new books. There have also been.
cataloguing. .
several changes and improvements in the library facilities, including renovation, digitisation and improved .
;.... .
Again, for the first time in JNU, the JNUSU organised school-level brainstorming sessions with students and.
faculty, towards a broad academic rejuvenation in JNU. .
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PaRCha - JNU - JNUSU - 2012 ID-64128
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brutal massacre of adivasis in Bijapur in Chhattisgarh by the armed and paramilitary is yet another shameful instance.
of state repression. .
We are also witnessing rising fascist and communal attacks on democratic voices and people's movements, and arenewed communal offensive all over the country. In Bharatpur (in Gopalgarh district of Congress-ruled Rajasthan)and Rudrapur town of Udham Singh Nagar district of Uttarakhand, communal violence was unleashed by hindutva.
fascist brigade. Earlier in 2011 , in Nitish Kumar-ruled Bihar, brutal police firing and atrocities in Forbesganj killed 4.
innocent Muslims and left nine others severely injured. Also, Darbhanga in Bihar has emerged as the latest site ofminority witch-hunting, where Muslim youth are picked up, branded as .
'terrorists', arrested and tortured without ashred of evidence. In Delhi too, well-known journalist Qazmi has been arrested under completely spurious charges.Meanwhile, the victims of communal and casteist violence time and again fail to get justice in the courts. A Delhi courtacquitted 82 of the 97 people accused in the Mirchpur killings, for "lack of evidencell. The Patna High Court acquitted .
all the perpetrators of the horrific Bathani Tola massacre. In Gujarat, whistle blower policeman Sanjeev Bhatt and.
other democratic voices exposing state complicity in the 2002 Gujarat genocide are being victimised and silenced bythe Narendra Modi government. .
While peoples' movements against state repression, forcible land grab and corporate loot Intensified, the CPI(M) and.
the CPI were reduced to their lowest ever tallies in the Lok Sabha elections of 2009, both these parties suffered yet.
more electoral defeats in 2011. The left front government was absolutely routed in West Bengal after being in power.
for more than 30 years. Unfortunately, right-wing forces like the Trinamool Congress capitalised on the public anger.
against forcible land acquisition in Singur and Nandigram and against the Left Front governmenes corporate land graband state terror. After coming to power, the reactionary right-wing TMC government in West Bengal has repeatedlybeen showing its real draconian character -brutally clamping down on women, farmers, workers and any democratic.
dissenting voice. .
It is in these times that the JNU students' movement and JNUSU has stood as a firm defender of students.
peoples' rights against these multiple assaults. ' and .
J NUSU: Carrying Forward the Mandate for Social Inclusion, Democratization, Against.
Comm ercialization and Administrative Assaults .
After a protracted legal and political struggle by the student community, the JNUSU elections were finally restored inMarch 2012. JNUSU we all recognise not a seat of power; rather it is a seat of struggle. JNUSU stands committed to.
broadening the horizons of the student movement of JNU -carrying forward struggles for social inclusion and social.
justice, against commercialization of higher education and for greater democratization. Immediately after being" .
electeci, the JNUSU called for GBMs in all schools/centres in JNU to prepare a Charter of Demands. Thus, withthe broadest possible participation ofthe student community, the agenda for JNUSU was prepared..
The current JNUSU had a very short tenure, having being elected only in March 2012. However, every single day of.
this tenure has been utilized to carry forward and strengthen our struggles. Several init iatives were taken up for the.
very first time in JNU: .
~ .
For the first time in JNU's history, the JNUSU took up the issue of the high weightage of viva marks in.
JNU's entrance exam. The viva committee was forced to accept JNUSU's analysis of systematic.
discrimination in the viva voce. .
~ .
Following JNUSU's intervention, for the first time, JNU as an institution conduced mandatory gender.
sensitization and orientation classes..
A national platform for campus democracy and against the Lyngdoh recommendations was forged.;. Tatkal services in railway reservation were operationalised in JNU for the first time..
For the first time in JNU, systematic, institutionalized efforts are being taken up to make JNU barrier-free for.
physically handicapped students; readers' and escorts' allowance for PHN H students has been increased to.
Rs 2000 per month. .
:;.. J~~ a~ministration has been forced to incor~orate several of JNUSUutilisation of the funds received under the 12 's demands in JNU's proposal for.
Plan, for increasing MCM, for building more hostels, forbetter health care facilities and for improving other infrastructural facilities..
:,. Improvements in hostel allotments: This year, unlike before, SC/ST/PH students received hostelaccommodation within a day of applying, and OBC and general category students were allotted hostels.
simultaneously. After JNUSU's intervention, the old SPS building has been renovated and turned into a full-.
fledged dormitory for boys to address the immediate accommodation crisis..
> After three long years, JNU's Central Library procured around 3,700 new books. There have also been.
cataloguing. .
several changes and improvements in the library facilities, including renovation, digitisation and improved .
;.... .
Again, for the first time in JNU, the JNUSU organised school-level brainstorming sessions with students and.
faculty, towards a broad academic rejuvenation in JNU. .
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