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nmt ynndot1 cormnittec recommendations were introduced in 2006 with the stated objective of controlling the use of ' .

]lll.i 111 rnct hUV(' br.'Ur'l used to scLrttle the democratic spaces in several campuses, including in JNU where elections were .

morl('Y Hnc1 rnusclo power" In student union elections. However, these recommendations have miserably fatled to do so, .

t;Ontlurtod ior ~uvcrol decades accordrng to the JNUSU constrtution. Even thougb there 1s a clause in the Jd_ngdoh .

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111un~\crossJh~counl[Y The LCR was used to scuttle the most democratic election process 1n the country tn JNll0 r,tnnslbly for vrolot1ng'' the Lyngdoh recommendatrons At the same time, in nE?ar-by Jamla M1llia Universrty (located .

11l111 t 111 tho Cl'ftln" of lnd1n's capital) no elections have been conducted for years, in a blatant violation of the LCR, and yet nu .trlitllltS. tukont.

l oday. th<' n<'od of the hour is to build a strong movement in campuses across the country to reclaim our .

ttomOCHttlc spaces, to demand student union elections and to demand student representation in all decision-.

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ill:1king tora. At th~samo timo, the need ofth~hour is also to question and oppose the Lyngdoh recommendations.

nw ,INU ~tudcnt communtty has fought a protracted legal and political struggle against the LCR. As a result ofthe legal .

\ t~r\ , ...~hdtty of tho t yngdoh recommendations and the case has been referred to a constitutional bench of the Supreme r:r:.(' flh.'d by the Jotnt Struggle Committee of JNU students, the Supreme Court has raised fundamental questions on the .

"'~l'L.it 1\,oruv\ l"~r \\hen the l CR 'Yvas first introduced. it was clearly stated that a .,review' on the need for such a legislation .

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,,l~..ntrclUn~ fl'lt-:.ni2y uno money muscle power The use of money and muscle power in the student un1on elections can only lott~'t~xmtt:-H'ti ~wgri~ter"dernocratisatton.

~'t'H)~~l1 )t<mrs after the LCR came-rnto betng it is amply clear that the Lyngdoh recommendations are not helptng 1n. through more participation and rnvolvement of the student community, and when .

~<~tiG!Y$a.c ~0~.. ~:'t on the 1c'e.Js They can never be effectively controlled through the mechanical application of a set of .

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HS th~ LCR tnes to do .

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~' 'We need to n\'ove towards a national mobilisation demanding democratically conducted student.

~de'inOC"at..:-.a::} t''~-=-~ea $t~dent boa1es and student representation in dectsion making bodies can act as a powerfLI \M'\ton*'ectioos across the country, and also stating clearly that the Lyngdoh recommendations are not necessary. .

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J~~~~Unro.·esent soateof commercialisation and anti-student poltcies in campuses across the country .

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to thestudent community to participate in large numbers in the national convention tomorrow .

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-at the SSS-1 auditorium. .

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AbhishekKr Yadav,V1ce-President. Jl'~Ravi Prakash ,·~su Gen. Secy., JNUSU Mohd Firoz AhamedJt. Secy.JNUSI.J .

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