PaRCha - JNU - SFI - 1998 ID-67926
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MANIFESTO the unelerpnvtegea. r:,y oemg a responSIVe UniOn 1n genera~ me :St-1-AI~t-was allle .
More Hostels, More Bool<s.
to once again restore the faith of the students il popular action and revitalise theJNUSU as an instrument of struggle. The JNUSU was also able to defeat through.
lhe East Asian economic crisis has once again exposed the irrationaliyand fragility of Capitalism. Food riots,busted banks, unemployment, heightened so-popular mobaisation of the students the attempts of the administration to foist an un-The SFI-AISF asserts that no attempt to inwlve students in v;kler struggles for cialtension and negative growth have overwhelmed the 'miracle economiesdemoaatic 'sexual harassment cell' (chaired by aProfessor of dubious leanings) on social and economic equality will bear fruit unle$ the confidmce of studer.ts is won.
' of the .
the student community. Several other issues at the level of ttie school and those affect-over by fighting tor the long standing and leg~imate demands of the stude11t commu-.
'Asi~ tigers.The IMF and World Bank dictated growth trajectory that has for decades nity, particularly the construction of new hostels. The SFI-AISF throu~ tt.e JNUSUensured the supremacy of the ruling interests of the 'first world ' has finally come ing the general life of the students were also addressed. In aU,these gains have to beconsolidated and the students organized to face anew round of battles. has fought for and ensured temporary accommodatierate attack on.
1927-29.Whle attempts to manage and cushion the pol~ical and social effeds of the .
our right to education wiU be fought by the SFI-AISF tooth ar.d nalcrisis Is being worked out by the panic stricken ruling interests of the world, Europe is Restore the Progressive Admission Policy.
wftnessing a popular mandate tor left wing policies directed chiefly against the brutal .
Transport Facilities.
anti-people legacies of Thatcherism and Reaganomics. The SFI-AISF perceives the struggle for the restoration of the progressiveaspects of the OAP (Old admission policy) as const~uting the central agenda of the There is a virtual collapse in the system of oommunicat~n in the Campus. EVer.
h India, however, the BJP and ~s allies are trying to sail against the tide. .
left student movement on campus. Sisince the OTC privatised the JNU routes the nurrber of buses p~g hate virtuallyThe zeal tor the much discred~ed and anti-people lileralization has been intensified. nce this year wiD w~ness areview of the admis-.
The new exin poicy which has put consumer goods in the open general license sion policy,the SFI-AISF wm struggle for the reintroduction of deprivation points based halved. The Delhi administration is keen to allow the side to oontilue. Besdes, ~has(OGL), the o~enilg up of the mining and insurance seder to foreign cap~al, the interr on economic, social, regional and gender deprivation w~h a maximum of 20 depriva-withdrawn the free student bus-passes and discontinued the avaiabilit( of studentsni<3ion of dsinvestment in Public Sector Undertakings etc. are clear indicators that lion points.This will hopefully ensure that JNU's current bias towards urban and high concession passes i1 the Universities .The SFI-AfSF are committed to ca-ry forwardthe BJP will supilelyfollow the dctatsof the IMF and World Bank Fora section of the income recru~ment is stopped. Instead the current regional imbalance will be offset the struggle for better transport facilities and bus passes for all students ncluding the.
Indian cap~afst dass, organised under the aegis of FICC I, the BJP government has and a new slant towards the poor and rural areas will be in~iated. Secondly, by em-pressing need for U.Speciafs to cater to a substantial number of day schclars..
decided to dde out asubsidy of Rs. 28,000 crores in the form of government spend-powering the Student Faculty Committee's the admission process will be rendereding on a six lane national highway. Small and petty traders, their main support base, more transparent and democratic. Correcting Regional Imbalances and t~e SCJST Quota.havebeen gi\~n afree run, which hasresulted in an unprecedented price rise.Hoard-ing ~d blacl:·marketing have become the norm and the prices of essential ~ems lnst~utethe Gender Sensitisation Committee Against Sexual India is characterized by a unique brand of lop-sided development wbl:h must behave spiraOed severely eroding the quality of lne of the working class and margilalised Harassment seen as part of the peculiar~ies of its variant of cap~alism. SeYeral regionsin India are sections. subject to the processes of restricted or under-develqmr.ent. Regions lil;e the North .
I The progressive ethos fostered by the left and democratic assertion on East and Western Orissa besides vast swaths of the rural hinterland Med speclnl.
Tie nuclear explosions and the whpping up of a virtual hysteria in the attention and consideration.Students from these legions must,therefore,get the bon· .
the campus has not only enabled the nurturing of healthy gender interaction on Cam-regio1 are all essentially being cfrected against the Indian people at large. Attacks on pus but has also ensured the part~ation of women in various public fora However, ef~ of special coaching classes and added incentives in order to makE JNU a trulyminor~ies ha\e been intensified and the ugly fangs of the 'hidden' RSS agenda are representative inst~ution of learning.Moreover, educatbn hass dired bearing on ana.in the recent past anumber of attacks in the form of sexual harassment and molesla-now out In the open. A planned attempt has been made especially in the field of lion of girl students have occurred. In fact, the increase in the frequency of assautt bling these students to acquire the necessary means for challenging the ·nrious typoseducation to htro<ilce a communal, dwisive and blatantly distorted curriculum. Priva-cases can be directly related to the presence of the ABVP on the Campus. The SFI-of oppression, cfiScrimination and explo~ation that are nflicts on the pe<pes of those.
tisation of education is clearly on the anvil as well. The HRD minister, notorious for AISF have been nthe forefront of the agnation demanding the instftution of aGender regions.The fulfiment of the SC/ST quota is of ulmos1 importance and is one of thebeing a ASS hard-filer, is seeking to introduce a bill termed as the Self Financing Sensftisation Committee Against Sexual Harassment (GSCASH) on the lines estab-princple demands of the SFI-AISF platform. The resavation quota is cfun not filledUniver~y Bill in the next session of the parliament, which will be a blatant move from the sheer absence of administrative will. Such administrative lethargy violates.
fished by the Supreme Court's directives. The election of the merroers to this comm~-.
towards privaising education.These attacks will have adeep impact and resonance the very essence of the const~utional norms laid downby the late Dr. B.R. Arrbedkar..
tee must toDow ademocratic and transparent procedure. The Committee will enable.
on tho studerl movement in JNU in thecoming months. .
the JNU community to approach issues of assautt and harassment w~h a view to-wards redressal of the crime,rehabil~ation of the victim and ensuring preventive meas-.The Campus :Consolidate and Forge Ahead ures as weD. Other Demands: .
The mandate given to the SFJ.AISF in lhe previous election has enabled our platform Resist Privatisation 1. Revision of the outdated syllabi in various centres..
to la111ch a series of struggles against the administration and the ABVP.The move-.
2. Immediate fulfilment of vacancies to reduO! the imbalance in tea<her-studentment launcheJ at the beginning of the current session by the JNUSU for terrporary The strategy of the BJP government to reintroduce the Private Universities Bill under ratio..
accommodation tor students without hostel facilities was successful in forcing the .
the garb of SeK·Financing Universities Bill in the Wa1ter Session of Parliament, must 3. Raising a strong protest against the d'ISCI'iminati:m of the Urdu lmguage andauthcdiesto concede the necessity of making alternative arrangements. The SC & be defeated.This BiU will seek to severely restrict access to higher education for large Research by the UGC..
ST quota wasentrely filled in terms oflhe total intake.The Union's role was substan-sections of the student community.It will once again attempt to absolve the state from 4. Empowerment and revitalisation of SFCs..
tial in ensurinl this victory, whidl included conducting special coaching classes for any responsilility towards ensuring the fundamental right of education. 5. Increasing the MCMs and linking ~tothe inflation rate. .
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PaRCha - JNU - SFI - 1998 ID-67926
.
MANIFESTO the unelerpnvtegea. r:,y oemg a responSIVe UniOn 1n genera~ me :St-1-AI~t-was allle .
More Hostels, More Bool<s.
to once again restore the faith of the students il popular action and revitalise theJNUSU as an instrument of struggle. The JNUSU was also able to defeat through.
lhe East Asian economic crisis has once again exposed the irrationaliyand fragility of Capitalism. Food riots,busted banks, unemployment, heightened so-popular mobaisation of the students the attempts of the administration to foist an un-The SFI-AISF asserts that no attempt to inwlve students in v;kler struggles for cialtension and negative growth have overwhelmed the 'miracle economiesdemoaatic 'sexual harassment cell' (chaired by aProfessor of dubious leanings) on social and economic equality will bear fruit unle$ the confidmce of studer.ts is won.
' of the .
the student community. Several other issues at the level of ttie school and those affect-over by fighting tor the long standing and leg~imate demands of the stude11t commu-.
'Asi~ tigers.The IMF and World Bank dictated growth trajectory that has for decades nity, particularly the construction of new hostels. The SFI-AISF throu~ tt.e JNUSUensured the supremacy of the ruling interests of the 'first world ' has finally come ing the general life of the students were also addressed. In aU,these gains have to beconsolidated and the students organized to face anew round of battles. has fought for and ensured temporary accommodatierate attack on.
1927-29.Whle attempts to manage and cushion the pol~ical and social effeds of the .
our right to education wiU be fought by the SFI-AISF tooth ar.d nalcrisis Is being worked out by the panic stricken ruling interests of the world, Europe is Restore the Progressive Admission Policy.
wftnessing a popular mandate tor left wing policies directed chiefly against the brutal .
Transport Facilities.
anti-people legacies of Thatcherism and Reaganomics. The SFI-AISF perceives the struggle for the restoration of the progressiveaspects of the OAP (Old admission policy) as const~uting the central agenda of the There is a virtual collapse in the system of oommunicat~n in the Campus. EVer.
h India, however, the BJP and ~s allies are trying to sail against the tide. .
left student movement on campus. Sisince the OTC privatised the JNU routes the nurrber of buses p~g hate virtuallyThe zeal tor the much discred~ed and anti-people lileralization has been intensified. nce this year wiD w~ness areview of the admis-.
The new exin poicy which has put consumer goods in the open general license sion policy,the SFI-AISF wm struggle for the reintroduction of deprivation points based halved. The Delhi administration is keen to allow the side to oontilue. Besdes, ~has(OGL), the o~enilg up of the mining and insurance seder to foreign cap~al, the interr on economic, social, regional and gender deprivation w~h a maximum of 20 depriva-withdrawn the free student bus-passes and discontinued the avaiabilit( of studentsni<3ion of dsinvestment in Public Sector Undertakings etc. are clear indicators that lion points.This will hopefully ensure that JNU's current bias towards urban and high concession passes i1 the Universities .The SFI-AfSF are committed to ca-ry forwardthe BJP will supilelyfollow the dctatsof the IMF and World Bank Fora section of the income recru~ment is stopped. Instead the current regional imbalance will be offset the struggle for better transport facilities and bus passes for all students ncluding the.
Indian cap~afst dass, organised under the aegis of FICC I, the BJP government has and a new slant towards the poor and rural areas will be in~iated. Secondly, by em-pressing need for U.Speciafs to cater to a substantial number of day schclars..
decided to dde out asubsidy of Rs. 28,000 crores in the form of government spend-powering the Student Faculty Committee's the admission process will be rendereding on a six lane national highway. Small and petty traders, their main support base, more transparent and democratic. Correcting Regional Imbalances and t~e SCJST Quota.havebeen gi\~n afree run, which hasresulted in an unprecedented price rise.Hoard-ing ~d blacl:·marketing have become the norm and the prices of essential ~ems lnst~utethe Gender Sensitisation Committee Against Sexual India is characterized by a unique brand of lop-sided development wbl:h must behave spiraOed severely eroding the quality of lne of the working class and margilalised Harassment seen as part of the peculiar~ies of its variant of cap~alism. SeYeral regionsin India are sections. subject to the processes of restricted or under-develqmr.ent. Regions lil;e the North .
I The progressive ethos fostered by the left and democratic assertion on East and Western Orissa besides vast swaths of the rural hinterland Med speclnl.
Tie nuclear explosions and the whpping up of a virtual hysteria in the attention and consideration.Students from these legions must,therefore,get the bon· .
the campus has not only enabled the nurturing of healthy gender interaction on Cam-regio1 are all essentially being cfrected against the Indian people at large. Attacks on pus but has also ensured the part~ation of women in various public fora However, ef~ of special coaching classes and added incentives in order to makE JNU a trulyminor~ies ha\e been intensified and the ugly fangs of the 'hidden' RSS agenda are representative inst~ution of learning.Moreover, educatbn hass dired bearing on ana.in the recent past anumber of attacks in the form of sexual harassment and molesla-now out In the open. A planned attempt has been made especially in the field of lion of girl students have occurred. In fact, the increase in the frequency of assautt bling these students to acquire the necessary means for challenging the ·nrious typoseducation to htro<ilce a communal, dwisive and blatantly distorted curriculum. Priva-cases can be directly related to the presence of the ABVP on the Campus. The SFI-of oppression, cfiScrimination and explo~ation that are nflicts on the pe<pes of those.
tisation of education is clearly on the anvil as well. The HRD minister, notorious for AISF have been nthe forefront of the agnation demanding the instftution of aGender regions.The fulfiment of the SC/ST quota is of ulmos1 importance and is one of thebeing a ASS hard-filer, is seeking to introduce a bill termed as the Self Financing Sensftisation Committee Against Sexual Harassment (GSCASH) on the lines estab-princple demands of the SFI-AISF platform. The resavation quota is cfun not filledUniver~y Bill in the next session of the parliament, which will be a blatant move from the sheer absence of administrative will. Such administrative lethargy violates.
fished by the Supreme Court's directives. The election of the merroers to this comm~-.
towards privaising education.These attacks will have adeep impact and resonance the very essence of the const~utional norms laid downby the late Dr. B.R. Arrbedkar..
tee must toDow ademocratic and transparent procedure. The Committee will enable.
on tho studerl movement in JNU in thecoming months. .
the JNU community to approach issues of assautt and harassment w~h a view to-wards redressal of the crime,rehabil~ation of the victim and ensuring preventive meas-.The Campus :Consolidate and Forge Ahead ures as weD. Other Demands: .
The mandate given to the SFJ.AISF in lhe previous election has enabled our platform Resist Privatisation 1. Revision of the outdated syllabi in various centres..
to la111ch a series of struggles against the administration and the ABVP.The move-.
2. Immediate fulfilment of vacancies to reduO! the imbalance in tea<her-studentment launcheJ at the beginning of the current session by the JNUSU for terrporary The strategy of the BJP government to reintroduce the Private Universities Bill under ratio..
accommodation tor students without hostel facilities was successful in forcing the .
the garb of SeK·Financing Universities Bill in the Wa1ter Session of Parliament, must 3. Raising a strong protest against the d'ISCI'iminati:m of the Urdu lmguage andauthcdiesto concede the necessity of making alternative arrangements. The SC & be defeated.This BiU will seek to severely restrict access to higher education for large Research by the UGC..
ST quota wasentrely filled in terms oflhe total intake.The Union's role was substan-sections of the student community.It will once again attempt to absolve the state from 4. Empowerment and revitalisation of SFCs..
tial in ensurinl this victory, whidl included conducting special coaching classes for any responsilility towards ensuring the fundamental right of education. 5. Increasing the MCMs and linking ~tothe inflation rate. .
.
.