PaRCha - JNU - AISA material - 2008 ID-21026
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In different circumstances, tonight would have been the eve of the JNUSU Elections. Instead, we are confronted this year with a Supreme Court stay on the JNUSU elections, for non-compliance with the recommendations of the Lyngdoh Committee Report. .
The issue at stake is not confined to JNU alone, but has to do with the democratic processes of choice, election and rejection. Any rules or laws framed by governments and courts must uphold this basic constitutional right to contest and vote. The JNUSU Constitution has internalized this basic understanding. It is this democratic understanding that is also upheld in our countrys constitution. .
The stated rationale of the Lyngdoh Committee recommendations was to ensure regular students union elections free of the display of money and muscle power. However, the harsh action invoking the Lyngdoh order to stay the JNUSU Elections has shown that the recommendations of the report are being used to curtail the democratic space and participation of common students. .
Further, the Lyngdoh Committees stated premises of eroding the hold of money and muscle power in student politics cannot be mechanically tied to a small set of criterion. Many of the injunctions of the Lyngdoh Committee report were being followed in JNU due to the self-imposed discipline of the student community. .
Lyngdohs primary stated objectives do not appear to be fulfilled by a straight jacketed set of guidelines or solutions. Across the country, there exists a remarkable diversity in the character of different universities, particularly with regard to their academic and political culture. The fact that JNUSU which had been held up by the Lyngdoh Committee as a model of student politics has now come into opposition with the Lyngdoh Committee recommendations forces us to argue that When universities are so different, can a single set of rules apply? .
A series of programmes and protest actions are being undertaken by the Joint Struggle Committee on a continuing basis. Tonight, JNUSU and the Joint Struggle Committee have organized a Joint Solidarity Public Meeting at 9.30 p.m. at Godavari dhabha. This public meeting will be addressed by the National student leadership of different student organizations. Across political affiliations, student organizations have expressed their solidarity with the JNU students movement in its struggle for justice. A call has been given by each of these organizations to observe 3rd November as a national protest day. .
Tomorrow, the day the JNUSU elections were to be held, the Joint Struggle Committee and JNUSU have given a call for a university strike. We appeal to the entire student community to observe this strike unitedly and boycott classes tomorrow. We call upon the students of JNU to join tomorrows protest, asserting the inalienable political rights and the dignity of decision making of the student community. .
We appeal to the student community to unitedly stand with the Joint Struggle Committee and make tomorrows university strike and human chain a massive success. .
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PaRCha - JNU - AISA material - 2008 ID-21026
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In different circumstances, tonight would have been the eve of the JNUSU Elections. Instead, we are confronted this year with a Supreme Court stay on the JNUSU elections, for non-compliance with the recommendations of the Lyngdoh Committee Report. .
The issue at stake is not confined to JNU alone, but has to do with the democratic processes of choice, election and rejection. Any rules or laws framed by governments and courts must uphold this basic constitutional right to contest and vote. The JNUSU Constitution has internalized this basic understanding. It is this democratic understanding that is also upheld in our countrys constitution. .
The stated rationale of the Lyngdoh Committee recommendations was to ensure regular students union elections free of the display of money and muscle power. However, the harsh action invoking the Lyngdoh order to stay the JNUSU Elections has shown that the recommendations of the report are being used to curtail the democratic space and participation of common students. .
Further, the Lyngdoh Committees stated premises of eroding the hold of money and muscle power in student politics cannot be mechanically tied to a small set of criterion. Many of the injunctions of the Lyngdoh Committee report were being followed in JNU due to the self-imposed discipline of the student community. .
Lyngdohs primary stated objectives do not appear to be fulfilled by a straight jacketed set of guidelines or solutions. Across the country, there exists a remarkable diversity in the character of different universities, particularly with regard to their academic and political culture. The fact that JNUSU which had been held up by the Lyngdoh Committee as a model of student politics has now come into opposition with the Lyngdoh Committee recommendations forces us to argue that When universities are so different, can a single set of rules apply? .
A series of programmes and protest actions are being undertaken by the Joint Struggle Committee on a continuing basis. Tonight, JNUSU and the Joint Struggle Committee have organized a Joint Solidarity Public Meeting at 9.30 p.m. at Godavari dhabha. This public meeting will be addressed by the National student leadership of different student organizations. Across political affiliations, student organizations have expressed their solidarity with the JNU students movement in its struggle for justice. A call has been given by each of these organizations to observe 3rd November as a national protest day. .
Tomorrow, the day the JNUSU elections were to be held, the Joint Struggle Committee and JNUSU have given a call for a university strike. We appeal to the entire student community to observe this strike unitedly and boycott classes tomorrow. We call upon the students of JNU to join tomorrows protest, asserting the inalienable political rights and the dignity of decision making of the student community. .
We appeal to the student community to unitedly stand with the Joint Struggle Committee and make tomorrows university strike and human chain a massive success. .
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