PaRCha - JNU - AISA chits - 2009 ID-10502

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cle power", or ensuring "campus democracy". The real intention of the LCR is rather to curb.

dissent and democracy from all campuses in the very name of "campus democracy"..

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Who Exactly is Calling the Shots?.

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Who are the powers who are directing this larger gameplan of scuttling dissent, protest and resistance in campus-.

es? It is clear that the government is acting on the explicit directions of the World Bank, which wants to implement.

educational "reforms" in universities all over in India as soon as possible..

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"Unionisation in higher education personnel is a major impediment. When you talk to students unions, I.

am not sure that they are arguing for the kinds of things that are oriented towards educational reform. They are.

certainly interested in keeping fees low.".

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-(Planning Commission Vice Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Walk the Talk, Indian Express, December 4,.

2006).

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"Political Activism means that students are spending a large proportion of their time on politics rather than education..

There are situations ... where levels of activism can rise to the point where high-quality education becomes impos-.

sible. In situations .. where academic pursuits have been taken hostage, activism may need to be restricted.".

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- From the Report of a World Bank Task Force on Higher Education in Developing Countries, February 2000, of.

which the present PM Manmohan Singh was a member..

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Isn't the UPA's Lyngdoh Committee merely echoing this neo-liberal agenda scripted in the corridors.

of the World Bank? We are living in an age when governments of all hues are hell-bent on implementing their.

agenda of rampant commercialization of higher education and fees hikes in campuses. The presence of an.

organized student movement and alert student unions in campuses are major hurdles in the way of this.

agenda. So dismantling student unions becomes a prime task. Be it Montek Ahluwalia, the UPA government.

or the World Bank, all of them are precisely interested in doing just this. In spite of all its pretensions, the Lyngdoh.

Committee Recommendations are nothing but a mask to achieve this end..

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MANMOHAN AND MONTEK'S RULES FOR A WELL-BEHAVED UNIVERSITY:.

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Rule 1: Students must be orderly, conventional and polite. Black flags will be banned altogether.

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Rule 2: Students should not question the teacher. They must not question the administration. They should never.

even think of criticizing the state..

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Rule 3: When assembled they should repeat the mantra: "What is good for the Corporates is good for the nation.".

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Rule 4: Silence is Golden..

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This is why the LCR is just another name for Letting Corporates Rule..

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The JNU student movement has always stood for making this campus a strong voice against prevalent efforts of the.

ruling classes to further marginalize the poor and deprived millions in the country. The student movement has strug-.

gled to make the campus more inclusive and more democratic. It is with precisely with this spirit that the JNUSU.

fought to bring in our unique deprivation point system as part of the admission process, fought to kick out the.

Nestle outlet and fought to ensure that students from Madarsa backgrounds are not denied entry into JNU..

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If we lose the battle for JNUSU, we will lose:.

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v A union that speaks `truth to power'.

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v That has stood unafraid before Richard Boucher or Manmohan Singh.

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v That has fought to make JNU accessible to even the most deprived sections of the student community..

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v Which has resisted the commercialization of campus spaces in all its forms..

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v Which has stood with the protesting students of Kashmir, with Irom Sharmila against the draconian AFSPA,.

with those fighting against SEZs, and with people's movements and struggles across the land..

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We will lose a union that belongs to the students themselves. We will lose the spirit of JNU itself..

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We appeal to the entire student community to understand the real politics behind the Lyngdoh committee recommendations.

and rise at this crucial juncture to defend our right to question, to debate, to protest, to elect and be elected. We urge.

each and every student to boycott classes on August 26 and join the massive protest march to the Parliament..

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At the Call of on Observe University Strike.

Joint Struggle Committee.

26 Join march to parliament.

Sign Mass Petition to PM.

Aug Assemble at Ganga Dhaba.

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at 10 am on 26 August Wednasday.

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Sucheta, Gen. Secy., AISA, JNU Ravi Prakash, Vice-President, AISA, JNU.

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