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position was endorsed by the UGBM took no steps to explore "political options" to expedite the JNUSU and the Joint Struggle Committee to implement ~he mandate. However, the AISA whose .
The Sfl had accepted the democratic mandate of the student community and called upon theprocess of holding JNUSU Elections as per the JNUSU Constitution. thus violating its own UGBM .
resolution. The Writ Petition which was filed in the Court and last heard on May 3 has not got any .
Constitution Bench has been formed to hear our case and the JNUSU elections are nowhere in foresight. .
final ruling till now. The Matter is still pending in the Court. Contrary to the claims of the AISA, no.
The SFI had criticized the AISA resolution during that time,.
··Your organization's Resolution (latest version) binds the entire collective initiative to conduct the .
JNUSU elections to one single course of action, namely filing a petition in the Supreme Court. We are .
yet to know what had stopped you from doing so till date because there was no UGBM resolution barring.
this semester." (From An Open Letter to the JNUSU President dated February 9, 2010) .
such a course of action; but that is another matter. Even now and at this stage, all legal and political .
options over and above filing a petition need to be kept open in order to conduct the elections within.
elections to the Academic Council, Board of Studies and GSCASH in the first half of this semester. .
The AISA has brought out a pamphlet yesterday saying that the student community should hold .
The pamphlet only makes vague references to the holding of JNUSU Elections and passes the responsibility of doing this to the Joint Struggle Committee, as if it is some abstract entity. We believe that this pQsition is not in keeping with the democratic mandate of the student community since it relegates the central task of holding JNUSU Elections to the background. .
While we all are in favour holding elections for student representatives .
GSCASH, they are not a substitute for JNUSU Elections. One reason for this is that the domain .
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resolve the ongoing hostel crisis since these issues cannot be solved in bodies like the Academic Constitution, has enshrined within iLa democratic system, which has Councilors from all schools .
of these statutory bodies is limited. For example only a JNUSU could force the administration to .
Council, Board of Studies or GSCASH. The JNUSU Council which works according to the JNUSUcannot be provided for, by anything else. and Office-Bearers, who are elected by the entire student community. This democratic set-up .
The SFI believes that holding JNUSU Elections in this semester itself is the biggest challenge .
which faces the student community. A broadest possible unity of students should be built in .
this regard. It is unfortunate that the AISA has chosen to come up with a position without any .
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unilateralism will not help to unite the student community. .
consultation with other organizations and is only asking others to accept its proposal. Such .
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The SFI believes that without taking urgent and determined efforts to hold the JNUSU .
has suffered in the last two years. .
Elections in this semester itself, the JNU Student Movement cannot overcome the reverses it.
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Joint Struggle Comm'ittee for exploring all legal and political means to hold the JNUSU Elections. appeal to all other organizations to unite for implementing the UGBM mandate which asked the We appeal to the student com~unity to rally behind a united struggle in this direction. We also .
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Onwards to the JNUSU Elections 2012 .
The JNU student community would be voting to elect a new JNUSU on March 1st after a gap of more than four years. The .
SFI-AISF appeals to the students to enthusiastically participate in the debate before the forthcoming pdls and exercise their .
franchise in large numbers. .
The Sti·uooJe for ·Restoration of,JNUSU .
The students of JNU have waged an arduous struggle for the restoration of JNUSU since 2008. It is only becaus~ of a un~ed struggle that the JNUSU elections have been restored. The Youth for (In) Equality has made all possible efforts to scuttle the restoration of JNUSU Elections. The restoration of JNUSU Elections is a fitting rebuff to the politics of YFE and its allies. .
When the Supreme Court stayed the JNUSU elections the incumbent JNUSU (2007-DB) and the Joint Struggle Committee was .
Unlike the JNUSU Office-Bearers .
in the 2007-08 JNUSU. None of the AISA led JNUSU Office-Bearers have the SFI-AISF.
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entrusted with the responsibility of leading the struggle for restoration of JNUSU.The AISA had all four JNUSU Office-Bearers .
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delivered on the mandate given to them for restoration of the JNUSU from.
leadership did not run away from .
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Elections. After enjoying an extended stint in the JNUSU till February the struggle to restore the JNUSU .
2010, the JNUSU Office Bearers from AISA proposed that there should be .
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elections to the Academic Council and Board of Studies Instead of JNUSU If the AISA had its way we would .
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elections. Ifthe AISA had its way, the student community would be h~ving .
be havin~A C/BoS Elections instead .
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ACfBoS and not JNUSU elections today. Even till the last semester the AISA .
was trying to prevent JNUSU elections and mislead the students by proposing .
the JNUSU. They showed their true colours by opposing last month's indefinite hunger strike which forced the administration to .
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elections to some "shadow body" (option C). Organizations like the NSUI and ABVP have not made any contribution for restcring .
hold JNUSU elections in this semester. .
On the other hand the SFI-AISF has provided leadership to the struggle for restoration of the JNUSU and ensured that .
from the AISA who ran away, the SFI-AISF leadership dug its feet and stayed back to lead the struggle for restoration of the .
focus was never lost from the central challenge which faced the student community. Unlike the JNUSU Office Bearers .
JNUSU. .
After the AISA led JNUSU Office-Bearers abdicated their responsibilities; the SFJ..AISF suggested that the JSC should enter into .
adialogue with the Amicus-Curiae for maximum possible relaxations. It was the SFI-AISF leadership which persisted with the dialogue process wrth Amicus-Curiae and ensured that he filed his petition with exemptions in the Supreme Court. The .
consistent efforts by the SFI-AISF ensured that a broad based unity could be built among the students for the restoration of JNUSU elections. .
Issues before the forthcoming JNUSU .
In the absence of an elected JNUSU, the student movement in our university has suffered many setbacks. It is important that the newly elected JNUSU lives up to the challenge of fighting for both student rights as well as carrying forward the struggle for restoration of the JNUSU constitution. The forthcoming polls must debate the vision which the newly elected JNUSU -would have. To initiate this debate the SFI-AISF is putting forward some of the issues which are pertinent for the student .
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high inflation in the recent past Mess Bills which were around Rs 750-800 have increased to Rs 1300-1500 today. The inflationaryIncrease Scholarships, ensure timely disbursal of scholarships and stop fee hikes: Our country has seen very situation has also affected students in other aspects. There has not been any increase In the MCM scholarship or Rs 3000/5000 .
Increase MCM and UGC scholarship .
scholarship forM Phil/Ph 0 students given by the UGC. and number of RGNF and Mau/ana .
The new JNUSU should fight for an increase in MPhil/PhD scholarships from AzadNationalf ellowships in JNU .
)> Rs 3000/5000 to Rs 5000/8000, which was recommended by the UGC in Make scholarship disbursal time .
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January 2009 itself, but has not been approved by the government. .
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The amount of MCM scholarship should be increased. The last time MCM .
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scholarship was increased from Rs 600 to Rs 1500, a survey was conducted by the SFI-AISF representatives in 2005-06 JNUSU to anive at a concrete demand for increase in MCM. A similar survey should be conducted to fix an amount and then start a struggle for increase in MCM. .
The number of Maulana Azad Scholarships being offered to JNU students must be increased. At present only 42 students get this All SCfST research students InJNU should be givenRajiv Gandhi National Fellowship. .
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scholarship in JNU.Theprocess of its disbursal must also be made simple. .
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