.

.

I 1104/1 0 Five days have elapsed since the gnH.:some massacre of RO CRPF personnel in Dantcwada. 'I his country has struggled in this time to come to terms with the significa nce of what has happened. Just a day before the incident, the Home Minister P. Chidambaram had again requested the Maoists to setllc whatever differences they had with the state through talks. And the reply was loud and clear. The Mnotsts do not want peace and they do not beltevc in democracy. They wish to wage a war against the state and its people and they wish to do it in the guise of being saviours of the masses In their recent .

tatements, they have expre rd sympathy to the familie. of the jawans killed and even offered compensation. 1\lorcover, they have also apolo~i7cd for· hiO\\ ing up, chool· a nd ho pi tal~in the past. How touching!!! There is no question that there has been chronic underdevelopment and exclusion. The solutton to that is to strengthen democratic forces, mculcate transpnrency into the system. strengthen grassroot dcmocractic insltlulJons and bring people into the mainstream. But for that you need to believe in democracy. that wnh "hatever fault~ and failings electoral democracy rna) have, the freedom oft hought and expression it guarantees is needed for human development. You could argue that it is these very freedoms thtate. You can argue that elections are a sham, that democracy is subverted and mnde a mockery of. Elections may not be a sufficient condition for democracy but they arc a nccc sary condition for democracy. In this context, it is even more paradoxtcnl that the Maoic;ts do everything in their power to ensure tribals and villagers don' t vote. ll1c only explanation which comes to mind is that for their bloody revolution, they need the state ofaffnit s 10 eominuc. lfthe government or other ctvic bodies is successfu l in effecting change at the gra::>sroots, then their collective fantasy of a vioknt revolution wtll not come to fruition. .

Illis campus has struggled to come to terms wnh whtH hns hnppcned. We h~l\ c hccn forccu to quesuon ourselves with .

rcgardmg lO where our loyalti~s Itc. The ltncs ha\'C been ura\\11 rhc qu~:stton ts clear Wh1ch side of thts div tde Jre you on? .

Do you wish to stand with an ideology that has been dtscrcdllcd arounu the ""orld ttme and ttmc ugJin, '"ith ..tn idt:ology that .

has massacred more people than any other. with an tdcology that prom1ses tts people utop1a and on the.; back of those .

expectations comes to pO\\er and then proceeds to commit genoc1de on the very same progt.·mwrs of the.; rc\ ,>lution. .

Or do you \\ ish to stand With ekcwral democracy. 1 ht~ COlllltry ha-s ..;,ccn a lot or hlood ~hed tlf studcnts. fanners .md the .

common man to come mto extstencc (1-reedom StnJgglc \\ l. wtll not g 1\ ~ up thts tight that e~J-.tly. \Ve cn1uwt tnutc pcopl~ .

to violence ctther of the ··re\ olutionary" hue or the communal hue \\ e arc armed only "11h the cOil\ ictton that thts state .

"hich you proclaim to hate, this state whtch you claim you will O\ ~nhru'"· thts sta te \\ tth all Its Lwhs. all tts failtngs and .

inner tum10il has been home to people of di\C.!rse castes., creeds, comrnunllies. rhts is ampl) rcOccted e,·en 111 the:: list of .

fJtaltties of Nax.d '-iolence. .

In th~ midst of this resolve, we wtsh to state very clearly, our war is aga1nst the Naxalites, not the tnbals The nght to free .

speech is not a right \.\ ithout boundaries. One must be scnsi 11 ve to the s~ntlnH.:nts l>f n people ''ho have seen bra\ e men die .

fighting for thctr security. The dai111 thnt is hctng made 1s that <.lissent w,1~ being suppn:ssed on tlus campus. Interestingly .

your dtssent would not b~; tolcruted in those <.:ountries which wcr~ found~o·d on )OUt sy$tl!m t'r thottght: China. Cuba. tht: .

erstwhile Soviet Union or in any of thos~.: n..:publics whtch later reJected your dictatorship~. .

Let us remember that the bmve snld1crs who d1e fighting ror us an.: people...· too. they ha\'e bmiltcs and asptraoons. We urge .

the student community to stnnd united with us in our resol v~.: to rae~.: th1 s threat b~Hh 1.m and outsid~ thrs cnmpus. ln thought .

and deed let us move forward to make our natron strong <rnd bountiful fpr all tts people. .

Please join today's protest march at 9:30 PM at GAN<;A DHABA called by Students Against Naxalism .

Sd/-unil Jhajharia. President, NSUI-JNU ~d'-Kamlcsh Pooniit. Stntc Rcprcs~nWtt\t.', NSU I-.INU .

.J A I li lt 0! !!! .

.

.

.

America: Imperialist Rogue State .

.

Thl' US and George Bush claim to be custodian~ of tk'nll>stors? WJwm shrr/1 I Ct'lt'lm1tt'~ \VIIcr,· ~11,;11 I fi11d 1/w .

~.1w 1/Wtcncll' !v1y first American ancc'Sfor, gc'lllft'num, was all l11dm11 -an .

c\Jr!y Indm11; your mzcestors skiuned him aliPe, a11d 1nm m1 orp!Iall. Not .

.

mt' drop of my blood flows in tltat Indian·~ 1'1'ills loday. I slrHltl hen', Ioili' I · 111d for/om . wit/rout a11 f1.11Ct~for. The first slat't' bro11ght into Nt"il' Engln11d tlrd of A{rim by your progenitors wns an m1cestm o{ mim... " ' .

t .

· Mark Twai~New York Times, 1881 .

. . .

ln order to clear the land for the white settlers, blankets full of genns of fatal diseases and food full of poison 'vere distributed amongst the Indian original .inhabitants, those who sunrived were massacred. Later, who provided the labour for the plantations in America? TI1ousands of African ml!n, women and children, captured from African jungles and brought shackled in ships. .

US Military: Making the World 'Safe for Democracy or Safe for US Corporate Loot? .

:·our industries hllVe e:qmzded to such a point that they will burst their jackets ~'::::!;~..,'"" if t~t!lJ cannot fiud a frte outlet to the markt'ts of the world ...doors of the nations "1T-rwnl~~..,.~ whrch are closed must be battert'd dow11 ...even if the sovereignty of unwilling \\ t· ~not "'" Saddrun nations bP outraged in the process...'' .

llu,s..'iJ tu1 lu~.Jllll.llh.. Woodrow Wilso_n, US President 1907 .

\\'l' " iU 'Mobi h .tl' tu Jfll!d Uli > "hrcwlf)ll\(" tl'f'.t.llt t;; until Woodrow Wilson famously declared that the US believed in the necessity of .,, G hlc-\Jilmmn turaml'd. war to 'make the world snfe for dt>mocracy'. . .

no~r ~'n 1' (n Here is the first-hand statement of a fanner US soldier, which makes it clear .

1.-lhl\5! lhoJ.I. \\\' E liJmh1~ tQ that the wars were only to 'make the world safe' for US corporate loot : .

l ·r1. "~ ;w. -"I spe1lt most of my time being n high class muscle-man for Big Business, for . . Wail-Street and for tlu Bankers. /11 short, I was a racketeer a gnn c:ter for ~·1pttnlt->lll.. llte/ped make Honduras 'riglzt' for Amt'rican fruit companies in l90J I h 1 d ' lee Mg.· . ,r. .

lor Alllc'nccm oil interests in 1914 I hRlped n1a'··· Hat.tt' and C l d I . e pe ma extco sa;e .

· ... u um a ecent p ncefior th N t' l Ct1 8 k .

to collt>cl rc'nubl'c fio A . g louse . 1 Down Brothers m 1909-.1912, I .

. · ·r 1 r mencnn 5ugar l11terests 111 1916." .

MaJor General Smedley Butler, author of War as a Rack t · · .

.

e m a speech tn 1933. .

The ::.aga of LS war for corporate profit continues· the war f · · . .

\\'hat US Brig. General William Looney had t · b or oil m Iraq ts the latest example.Listen to .

o sav a out Iraq way back d . th 1999 b ..

before Lhe US 0ccupied Iraq: · c urmg e ombmg, even .

They Orn1p'} know we own their cou11try. We ow11 their air , . A11d that's ,£/tat's great about America right now It'· ;pn~~ ... we d~ctnte the way thelj live and talk. .

0.

tlwre we lll!t'd." (Quoted in William Blum, Rogu~ St~t:, ~15~;mg, rspecrally when there's a lot of oil out .

USA: Best Friend of Dictator~ and Murderers .

Back in 1948, this is what a central ol' .

say: P tcymaker for the US State Department had to .

"We havt' about 50 percellt of the world's w>alfl b t .

this situation, we cannotfiai/ to b b' 1 ,/' u only 6.3 percent ofits populatioll .../11 .

. . t 111-t , o JI?Cf O; t'IIVY and re t t 0 . .

commg pPnod is to devise a ptrttt'nt of ,1 1. f . . . se.n men . ur re.nl task m lht> .

P.osition of disparity without po .·t ·vrtdn '0!"' 1tp:;, whtch Wt/1 permit us to maintain this .

hn . ~11 e C'1rmtt'lll to our t · 1 · .

ve to drspense with all srntimmfalitt alld dnt . na tona secunty. To do so we about vague a11d ...uurea/ objectiv y h ydreammg.... We should cease to talk .

es sue as human rzgllts, the raisittg of liviug .

... .

staudards aud democrntiz:n tiou." .

George Kennan in Jack Nelson P,dlm<·ycr cftt .../ r...1 A .._,_s · (N y ._ 0 b o. ,__ (j{ .

. ' · ,.., J" "'' ' In.'~ >01.S, II)) J) .

In the half century smce then, not mur.h hil. chiln.,,.d Behind all US t I' 0 f' h d , 1h h,1c; only been the cold-bloodccl concc·rn of Jlrolr·ct7rw f ·s m'f·· !'fr 1a~ pr~~~h.ng em1cx;,~acvl, kcre .

-,.., ..J, 1 1.c1. 7 an( cor; m~rctar m.t.:rests ar.t.: a (){) at some of t~e rn.any ~ass murderer.., nnd dJctatf,rS ·... ho have bce:n trusted fnenils of the US, ,md the many clcmocrfi[ICCllh elected leader and (,fl\'(>rnmr-rt Wti(ffi thf ur t.. .,., th -A .

, · , 11n.-; uvc: uwln or a "BSSJnilh.."\.i .

.

Greece: ~n 1967, l~ prev~nt liberal leader Cc·(Jrgt Papa;-;dre-ou from bemg voted to pm-.·er, the ClA and .

the US m1l1tary stationed m Greece -;upportt~IJ.c.d the mfam(>US dictator Marcoe; The .

country is now one of the largest LS military bav!S. .

.

.

.

Kore~: In May 1980, .us backed Chun Doo th!Jan in th!-brutal sllppression of students ana ·.vorkers .

protestmg marhallaw tn Kwangju; 2000 peopl!! tiUed .

.

.

.

Iran: ln 1953, the CIA a long with .the ~ritfsh,ov.erthre·..v the democratically elected PM Mossadegh; the .

Shah of Iran came to power, resulting m 25 years of repression and torture. .

.

.

.

Middle East : Between 1956-58, the US tv11Ce med to oventl.."o'·vtf"te Syriangovemmeno.. tried to mtimidate .

people opposed to the US-supported governments in Jordan ann Leba:non,tried ro 0\ierthrO\.'¥ and assassinate .

NasserofEgypt and defeat his Middle-East nationalism. .

.

.

.

Indonesia: In 1965, USA plotted against Sukamo, and helpee !o install the milital) dictator Suharto, .

who massacred thousands of Commurusts a.r..rl dissidents.. In 1995, a semor official of the .

Clinton administration, speak'm~ of Suharto, said. "'He's O'..t.r kind of guy" (Rogttt' State, p .

147) .

.

.

Thailand: This country was used as a US milita:.j base "'"·hen it ""·as bombing Laos and Vietnam. In 1966, the Washington Posl commented, 'In mrJJ of some obserVt'rs, continued dictatorship in Thailand suits the US, sina i! ll.$S1il?5 a continuation of Ammcan bnses in the countnj and that as n US official put it b!untly. ~is cr..Jr real interest in this place". .

.

.

H a iti: In 1959, t'he US trained troops of dictator Francois Duvalier, and smashed .

attempts of a group of Haitians to overthrow the dictatm. 30 years later, reformist priest Jean-Be-rtrand .

Aristide came to power, only to be ousted by ret another <:otq:}. .

.

.

.

East Timor: When East Timor ·won independence from Portugal" a left movement Fretilin came to .

.

.

power in Nov 1975. 9 days later, Lndonesia, '~'ith US militw York states: .

.

.

.

"Tit, M · t ·11 ,. t 1> ·limi11atc· th.· ldl?tlli,ta-> to dc'mons trnfe tlwir effc'ctiw co11trol of the .

t extcan governmeu WI 11ct t t c .

11ali01tal territory and of ~~·writy policy .. [1111dl wtll ttct'd to ro7tstdcr carefully wlzetlrer or uot to allow .

.

opposition v ictories iffairly w o11 nt tlw l111llot ben. (Rosw: Stnlt', p 161) .

.

.

ne .

PEOPLE'S DEMOCRACY APRIL 1 0. 2005DYFI CAMPAIGN IN KERALA ..l .

A.

(l Youth March To District Successful Two-Day StrikeCollectorates In General Insurance S part of the all-India agitation M ORE than 70,000employeesand.

The education scenario, which The succe~s of tht. two d<lVs.

against growing unemployment, officers of the four public SC'ctorlakhs ofyouth under the bannerofOYFI was once famous for its universal base general insur.1nce compantes viz. strike on March 2'3 and 24 could be m<Hched to and merit criteria has been restruc-United India Insurance Co., Na-measured in the context nf threat:, bvd ifferent district the mnnagcmenl o f punitive action.

collcctorall's in KernIa on March 28 de-tured today as a market-driven educa-tional Insurance Co., Oricntilllnsur--tion system. As for the growth of the and attcmpt!:t to break the strike by.

manding the revcrs.1l ofanti-youth poli-ance Co. and New Ind ia Assurilncc.

criminal ma(ia, the DYFI said stories Co., the A)~riculture Insurance Co. calling the police in ~orne centers.cies being pursued by the Congress-led of mGrin-police-administralion nexus The management also made som<: of.

UDF g<n"emmcnt. As a result of the agi-of Indio Ltd., Tariff Advisory Com-.

tiltion, \\'Clrk c;"~mc to a standstill in mo~t were regularly coming to light .1nd. mittee ond Loss Prevention Associa-the groups to issue calls to their sup-oithe distTict headquarters. tbert? have been alkgalions even tion of lnJi<~ observed t\vo days porter!' to brenk the strike by sprecld· .

The <lgitators rnised slogans against some ministers.. strike ~m Marcl1 23-2-t, in response ing rumours and charactensing theAmong those who addressl.'d the strike ,,s 'politically mot1vated'..

against unemployment, commerciGli-to the call given by the recognised.

demonstrators at different places unions in the indust:y Whut political motivation Lould be.

;;ation of educGtion and the dangerous .

included CPl(M) Polit Bureau member there in asking for early settlement.

growth of crimin<ll mafia forcC!' in the The demnnds for which the.

nnd leader of opposition in Kcrala as· employees and officers went on of the long-pending wage revisionstJte. Itwas pointed out that the policies.

of the Congr~govemmcnthad further sembly, V S Achuthanandan, DYFl strih.e included settlement of the ''"d release of the due promotions,genernl secretnry, Tapas Sinha, DYF! won.dered the employees. But theworsened the employment situation in president, K N Balagnpal, former DYfl long-pending wage revision whirh disrupters had no qualms to usc any.

tell due nn August 2002 ond rL'-the state as there was a permanent ban leaders M A Bi'lby, E P Jayarnjan and S method to disrupt the democraticl'n recruitment Manyjobs hadbeen abol-sumption of promotion eXL·rcise ..:xprcs~ion of anger and anguish. "It.

Sharma, DYFI s ta te president P R withht..ld lor two yewrs. More thnn.

ished and job security concept had b('('n is heCHkning to note that in spite ofaltogether d ispenscd with Vasnnthan and 01 Fl Stil le s~crete1ry A -1,000 operating offices of these pub-.

Pradeepkumar. threats and attempted disruption of.

lic sector companies across the.

countn. induding the head office ol the strike, most of lhc offices, includ-.

'\...t~ll'tl -.1 \,l._ur"ncc Co. at Kolk<lta ing head nffke of National Jnsur-,,ncc Cn. Ltd . Kolkata remained.

Agricultural Labour ---' 111 these two d.v. :-. Lic'"l'd ~"' l )th these days; it speaks.

,)S tl\ t..r: o 1 .

(From page 7) I' ''1d empl.

oppression of forest officials and made ees joined the strike. 1 hi.? ~u(CL'SStt' Plume~ about the employees' in-labour to themselves as bonded digniition to the indiiferent attitudelabourers. This the tribal people insecure. Worse, it has observonce of the strike has s~nt of the authorities on their core de-.

lacun a in the increased the numberof migrant labour.

\!,Ovcmmcnt'~pcTStx-"Clivc musl p,o. ~d. strong signnls to the attthorities con-mands" said ) Gurumurth_v, secn:-.

ond m.:~dc the job silualion worse for the ccrn<?d th:ll the employees nnd oi-it c.-m goonly \"'hen the massof a~ncul-nual mas~s. The forest policy thai wrance Employe~·.

.u nis\ ...r.~l bbnu.-, together ,,·ith f.H-nkr-; anJ As~~o.i.1ti~,n (A liLA) \" hich :.pt:.lr-lte \\'ork1ng cl-S, unJensh<?!" ,rruHgks dr.1wn up in th<- inl\.'rt_"-1 nf rnulttn.1tion-m,lnd-. '' t.:ro.: md..

a sharp )r their ric;ht~ ,.,Js .1nd corpor:ll<.'" '"a~ succt.sslully E~rlins " lh:a~k.J the joint 11'1\.)\ ement. The I.

l.'I'L'.

20vears oppllSCd by the 1113!>S of trib<JI rcople in held L'VL'ry week \Vhich wo.::rc l.'nt' hu-ut'\ion-. ·wnuh.l b~ n'H! tt' th~: que-;-Kt..'r<lla , forest oft iuab ,1nd \.

dispossessiOn of the rural small 'l'"kd t \1 0 ... of lht Llllll! ,1n i ~c·-; " ,irt\ t..'.

·had not mtercstscontinue tn haras~ Inrest dw,IJ-ThL' ... tn ke had i b t..cho m pJr·producer and the n1ral poor. Not only he loll th· p):'1! that th··y u1;·',1 ·wt 1t.1ment on :-..1arch 13 \\hen CPI{tvl).

!ding the sh1rh. tht..tr r.....r· nsib!ltt~ If! ttnding.

ers. Much morevigibnce wtll be nL>ed(:'d.

was the are their small garden plots up for grabs, to protect them. IL'ader in Luk. Sabha, Basudeb .

;piration soare their house-sites. The\vomen are nn l'arly and arnicablt.: st.Htlement of Acharia and other Left ~1Psbrought.

e\·en moreinsecure than animals. Ifthey In these conditions, it is not an the issues. The representatives oftherth of the exnggeration to Sil)' that under the unions mel the four CMDs a t to the attention of the government ns in the as much as demand the minimum nee-liberal market life has become un-the on-going strike in general insur· nd hun-human treatment theyCiln beforbidden Hyderabad on March 16 when they ance and demanded early settlement.

bearable for the rural poorand espccialJy attended a meeting in lRDA..

\prehen-to usc the village fields to dcfecate.and agricultural labour \'vho are the most of the wage demands..

urinate in. They are subject to rape and.

earned a murderous attacks. And today, the oppressed and exploited among them..

nmedia, They cannot survive without struggle.

extra-judicial powers of the rural rich a_gainst theireconomic exploitation nnd.

'respon-have reached such proportions that in-against social oppression . And their 7TH J&K State Conference---.

(From page 13).

always ter-caste marriages are often punished members, out of which four were1ives of by lynching young couples. Without struggles will not succeed without a ity to women who had been dis-.

perspective and an org<misation to reserved for co-option at a laterialism, gl\ ingthese people land, house-sitesand criminated against..

ensure it is implemented. As such, they dnte. The 12 elected members.

)mmOn lavatoriesat least, wecannot expect them The report stated that the Lndusare thatsection ofour society that most are:.

' to liv12 ascitizens and as human beings. Water Treaty adversely affected the 1.arugglesaid. needs an agrarian revolution. So it power generation, irrigation and l\1 Y Jangam1The new forest ordinance passed by becomes the prirnarydutyofour Party to industrialisation of the state. lt pleaded 2. 1\! Trisal.

rtback the BjP-led 1\.'DA governmentin2002 has organise them as the crucial link in the 3. F J..: Bokhshidispossessed nearly 161akh tribal people for grantingofpowers to the state to fully.

nalism worker-peasant alliance and to unlensh -l..

as encroachers on land they have lived <. 'm l.nn Nabi Malik..

en the its momentum with their full participa-utilise the \·Vaters flowmg through its riv-5. :-,h ' ' Pras:~d Kcsar.

in forgenerations.Thishas increased the ersor providean equitnble<lltemattve to.

a big tion. (). oV' mmwd Khalil Naik (l\H A.

the state. .

7..

t like ...... Th12 report laid dmvn 21 t<1sks for Abo 1d Hameed Wani.

inch-also lauded Prajas<1klifor working with 8. .\' .Itt! G<1ni Hafi:~.

.

;;id it was a people's newspaper a commitment to seculur values and the party in the coming d.1ys. 9. On I'raknshand the peoplee themselves helped it After discussion, the report wi'lslions, whenevera programme for its develop-interests ofthe farmers, workers and the unanimouslyadopted by the conference. 10. i\lt,1· .1 nm:-~d 1.1qoob'leonJv poor. ) 1. Bish.m Oas.

ment was taken up. Prai1sakti was an It also adopted 13 resolutions-on hu-.

blic-Veteran journalist V 12. Kishore Kumnr.

alternative forum, not a competition to Bommareddy, C R.aghav<1chary, former R man rights, unemployment, agriculture,.

.

anyone, he ~id.Theeditoralso t'ead out MY Tnrigami was rL'-elc.:-ted as the.

editorofV!salnndhra, I Venkalrao, former hydro electric project, democr<1tic trade state ~cretary ottheCPI(l\1). 1l1cconfer-messagesofgoodwill received from sev-union rights, migr<~nts from vJlky, bor-.

eral prominent people, including the chairmnn ofA P Press Academy, t~nd its der migrants, errJ tic povvN supply, ence:1lso ehxtl't..i 5 delcg.1lL~and one ob-.

former Chief Minister and TOP prc~i-present chairmnn 0 Amnr, K serVL'r for the It:lth Party congr~s to be.

Rao Rrunnch;mdra Murthy, editorofAndhrn ~vvomen, civic bodics/pa.nchGyat, rcha-held in New Delhi.dcnt, l\Chandrababu Naidu, <~nd t~lso bilitation ofsnow victims and th1 stntc/greatfully acknowledged donations by Jyoti, and T Ashok, editor ofVnrth.l were ct-ntrnl PSL-s. The conference o.1ncludt..'t..i with a .

several people. on the d<1is. V Krishnaiwh t..'k>ett..' d uct L)f the conference in a wholesome.

rnannL'r. .

.

r .

.

.

MANIFESTO .

.

.

The studcm movement 111 Lhls C'lfTII)US 1 ..

· ,,,.., teac1.

cd a cJ 'c· .

.

tun~. The la~t few )Cars has seen 'I vi nual I I ~,; 1:-.tve .JUIH.:-.

. ~ on~ aug ll on two iml.

p1VOh ol thl..! -.,tudent com unity: on the one h·t ,~d-. . .1ortant .

· . '"1 pnvatl!)<.ttlon has.

t1ccn, tn a ph;1-;cd rnannl'L drluting the ·1ccc~s of tl .. ·t d · · .

_ . . . . ~ ' .. lc s u cnts to lnfra-.

!:ilructurc and neccssnry fnctlrtres. while on lh .. ()II . .I .

. . . c 1Cf, l1C l.!llk'roence OJ' .

the communJ I and drvrs1ve politic::. of ABYP ll"S ll .. t, d c-h .

. . . . . .. " 11cacnc 1 e ''l..!ry.

toundatrons o l the dcmocrattc tmdll10ns of' the campus WI ·1 · · · .

. ' · 11 C prrvaiiSUIIOil.

.

hold thl..! threat of lur ntno JN U imo an er1·!·1vc ror· tl · ·1.

. o . -.. 1c pnvr cgcd.

and powerful. ABYP s rrght wrng rolitics has sought to divide ;nd \\l'aken the ...,luuent movement hv resurrcctinn ·1nd nurtur1·nu , 1 · · .

. . -. o e CXC USIVJSl .

.

:mJ ch..lU\ Jnt't ttlcntllte'\. In Iact. JNU represents in a microcosm the Lrgcr l'\1ntrachctrons and ::tntagonisms that have gripped the Indian .

p~hl~. .

1!1 Tl.':l,ingl~. World Bank anu IMF dictated economic pacl..age::. ar(: -'n~ natH1n~ with the hdp and through the1r rcspe-:C', nrc pampl!n:d with concessions in order to create :I ;r.~ndIy· condilion-;. Thus Lhl' 'retreat of the -;tate· is "-'-'""'-lpltned imcrvention in favour or nco-impcreali~m und ~tlrpm.rngly. at th1s most int~nsc moment of attack on ~'--"'~~and the other marginaliscd sect1on::.. the fa eist RSS .

~ .

fronts ~uch as the BJP, A BVP. VHP etc have stepped diVJCil\ c rol it ics and thcrchj arc clearing reo.,rstancc I ln(Cfl.'\tS or global lin:HlCC .mJ the Bretton Wood .

w, dl\tllVL,ltnL·nt. prl\.lll.....llton. and cuts in h 1Vc lh .t-.,tiC ,111d d.ul~l·rnu-. unpltcatlon\ lor ""'" 1' hit\l' :H.'lllt'h J1l,llllh:,tcd 1n thl.' rap1d J,ry nl Ilk lttr tltt' ,th 1.I~\.· ,tudt nc fhcre ts a f , tLI \:''"· ltht.lll\.'' .u, tn ,t 't~tk' (lf coll.tp'>C 'I XI I uri t\t , ldt'llll~ \."'t'dh..·tli.'C I'-h \Und lO he j r tit t Vl lll 1I lltl 1111\'.lt nl luh· trl k11 t . CCI-. .k·111" tre vital dement., of the "-llH.knt movt!ment. Unfort.

~10n tnct e ' . . . U-.

l the pn:vious mandate Witnessed the lragment111g of the Union .

nat<.: ) · I f' d I . f.

.

along lines which arrcugm.:d_t~c e t an cemo~rat1c. orces against the right reactionaries in an attn.uve oattlc. I~ the llion hy right react1on the genu1111..: asptrattons of the student'.

an . .. . . .

.

were olkn deraikd in a cloud of _pngotsm, castctsm and communal .

l.t. ,~ TJ1,.. ABV P mon.:ovcr, has lived up to its fasci st rc'putntion b" .

J>O I IC,· "' ' . . . . , J .

openly cooperating wtth t_he JNU admtltt:-.tr:Hto n. On tl~c 1ssue of hostel Identity cards scheme. Ior exam pic. th~..:y Itave, aga1nst the popular student's will. supported the reg.r~..:ssive measure. Physical intimidation and help to perpetrators or s~xuul crimes alst) -.;ecm lo he an important component of their politics. In lhl! Periy<tr Hnstal incident the ABVP stood comrktl'ly exposed in tl11:ir anx iousne........ to save the culprit. The SFI-AISF reiterates its faith in a .JNUSU that is rl.!sponsive to the nectls of the students. fnr it 1-.; only tile JNUSU that can provide the forum for debate and the lcackr-.,hlp neces'\ary to light for the day-to-day demands or the -.,tudent. .

THE TASKS AHEAD .

Restore the P rogressive Admission Policy .

.

The SFI-AISF percc1ve:-. the strul!gk f01 the rL·-.toration or the progrcsivc aspects or thl! OAP(Oid Admi,,ion Pulicyl a' constituting the-central a)!,cnda ol' the ldt stucknt 1i10VCI11L'lll llll the campus today. JNU hall .

~ . ..

. .

.

pioneered the historic struggk ;tgatn-.t education as a rcproductron of social inequality unci haJ provided an inspi1 in g. example of hknding academic cxcellenee with social justice through the Old admiS\1011 pnlicy. The OAP'~ rck's social inlll\tices hut also to en~urc student's in,·olv~.!ment at en!f) Stage of the admiS<,lOll pi'OCC\'o 10 guarantee optimum tran~parCilC). SFC panicipallon wa' acttvcly encouraged 111 ensu11ng th~ dimination or all anamolie' in the rant inn or depri' at ion I'~Oints anJ e\ en at the .

~ ~ . .

level ot' M.Phtl interview,. The rL·,toratiOI1 ol the OAP is imperallVl' to usher in a tkcl.!ntral t~ed. demncrati:-.ed and transparent admis~ion policy. Tile SFI-AISF stand~ I'm tile incorporation or Jeprivatwn poin~s on lhc category of gender and lhl' full re,toratillll of SOCial eCOfl0111H.: and regionul deprivation po1nts. Statistics rcka\cd hy the admnistra tion I'm the acadelllic year::. ll)l)) 6 -.,lw'v th:tt OBC rl.!prc::.t:ntation st:~nds a! IJ.Wfi, SC\~T nt 17.WYr and lhl! representation of backward reg1ons at I 1.7 1/r (far below tile constitution;\! requirements). The proportion of rural students admitted is only hall' or that or urb;.tn students. .

Sexual Harassment: T he Right wing Offensive .

.

The progrL''oslve clh o:-. fo.tered by thl! left and democr~1tic a..;Sl'rtion on the campu-., h~h rwl only n.urturcd he<11th) gender rel;.~tton-. l' 11 <.:am-. . . C1f' \"(llll''ll In the Vi.ll'lOU'.

ru~, hul ha.., al-.,o ensured thl! p;lltlup.Hon , ... . . 1 1f· 'Ilia '"S Ill lh~ 101111.

puhlrc lora. llnwevcr. Ill the rcn:nl past cl 'Pll1 ( < \.. ' .

.

.

. 1. , v n 1111 ·LI the campus. fhc-.~.:.

Ol SC.XU<If hara.....,lllCill anU 11101C'ol<ltiOil 1,1\ <..: ~ <..: .

.

· 1'1 .1 he Jircctly related Ill lhl.'.

allm:ks either heen to protect the gutlty or argul! lor the curhtng of freedom of girl -;tudcnb. The SFl-AISF platform demand that the JNU admin-i...,tration must implement the Supreme Court gu1Lie lt.nl!'> on ~exual ha-1a-.\lncnt. The-.,e guidelinGs involve the in-.,tltulmn ol Complaint Com-millce, which should be headed l:'ly a woman. Th~.: Commlllcc should .

also t;e democratically constitut~.:u and mu<.,l appraoch the issue.. with a view towards redrcssal of the crime, rehnhilit;ition of the victim and l!nsuring preventive mcnsurl!S. The Complaint Committel! in essence will e1.

nble the students to defeat the administration\ aucmpts to im-po::.c re...,trictions an h;1s followed the pnvau-;atton ol thl! campus .

....ecuriLy -.,ystem. .

IVIore Hostels More Books : .

.

Th~..: SF1-A ISF asserls that no atlempt to uwolvc -..tudcnt.... in wider -..tru!!dt.:' for social and economic cqualtty \\til ocar fruit unkss ~he J~ncc of students is won over b)' lighting for the lo~g -.,wndmg.

.

l.011r1.

.

and Je"ilimale demands of the ~tudent C011lll1Unlly. particularly the constn7ction or new hostcb. The SFJ-AlSr through the JNUSU has ~..:xerteJ consistent prc...ssurc on the admini~tration lO accept the respon-. ..,1t;i 11 1y of guaranteeing hostel accomod;:~tllll1 in th~ prospect u~ ~nd o~ pn)\'id1ng temporary nccomodatinn tn .... tutknt~ w1thou.t ~o~tt:b. !'h~ admini~trali0ns hlunl refusal in the malter t\ ckarl~ a rdkc~10n of th<..: fOl!IC nf fihcraJisation which SCl'I..S to disrcn~l' With spc~JI~g 111 ti.1C. so~ial -.;cctor.Thc hudget allocation for ·~ew hooks and .J?~~ nal·s· h~t~ th)S\.! di\cd to t.ero(Financial Estimate-; ol JN~.Jl)97-98).1 ~lis ~d~~~~ .

ate atwcl.. on our right to cJucation wtll he loughl hy the S I-A .

InPIh .md naiI. .

Transport Facilities .

.

. . . I ·olhpse Ill the sy\tl.!lll ol rommunic<.llion in the:_ .

There 1s a 'lrlUcl c J 1 . J 1u roull'' the nu mner ol C· E ·r 'inn' the DTC pnvall"l.! t H.:.

.llllpu..... \c . . I I .·J Th. Delht admnl"trauon IS keen ltl bu'e" pi~ lng ha\.C vutuall) lJ ~ ~.: . ~.: tlrll \tutlcnl cnncc~sion .

· 1tinu~ hesu.k..., L'n\urtn!! ' ·.

I d.

.

.1llu\\ the ' I c to col -Tl . SJ:I-i\ ISF ar~ conumllcd to .

. ·LI :.n:ept'lOtllt). H.: .

I.

.

p:t"'l'" ha' e rl'" rtd<.: \... ' flctlitres induJmg lht .

. I . oolc for bdter tran...,por1 . ·..

~.:arry tnt\~ard t1c stru~c b t·tnti·tl numtH:r ol day .

. I l' U Spccinls 1\1 rater w :t 'u " ' ' .

.

pres-;111); ne<..:L or · ,dwlar:-.. d the SC\ST Quota.

Correcting Regional imbalances an . 1 .'tl ·tl ~.k·H·Ioprncnt .

. J I ' . llliqul' lmllld ol np-sl l: . ..

!·Hil a j, cl1\lraclcrtsl! 1) .1 l . ··. ·'til.'' nf it... vari:lnl of l'&tpr-.

11 1.

.

' . , t ol the pet ll11· . ·r ·crt.-d.

\\'h irh must he :o.L'l'fl ,b p.u . ~-. ·. ·t l<l rlu: fli'!K.'cscss ol n.:s rt . .

· 1 J ·t ·rc ~u"1u. Orrssa.

tallstn. Sc,·~rnl r~gtons Ill r~ I. 'lk. IIIL' Nnrth-E;t'il ;lllU Wc:src:r~ and .I 1)1Jrncnt R~l!~~m~ 1 t J .1 ''-·ial auc:nuon.

ac::hrng '-.r...,t. . f .

\lL'IlL'III lll >;(1l...f,\ U . , t·tiJ\l' Jf)SIJIUIJOll () .

I ·uh rq>rl''t: n ' .

fll.th JNL .I II .-I 11''lrtfl'' till enabling .

. h't' ·' Jrrc..: ~... c ..

.

L·duL.tltPll ' ,. ·Jn llcn!!tn!:.

Ill..; (1f L ' ~ .

lll'l'C:"'·'I') fllt. . .

.

.

.

.

.

.

lANIFESTO .

.

Tht. :-.{ ... .:rt m '~m·nt Ill dH" ~~1mpu h.,-. rc.tcheJ a deci!-.1\'C Jlltll:-ture. Th~ ·,,..,t ··c" ~~.lr' h.1-.. -.cen ,, 'irtual onslaught on two tmportat\l rin>b ol th~ ....w-.km comunit~ : t"l'l lh~ one h.wd; privatisation has tx~n. lll .t rh,t--~J m.mn~r. diluting. the accc:-..5 or the ~tudcnt~ to lnfm-~\ru~Lturc and lli.!CC5'-3f\. factlllit:::-, while Oil the Other, the Ctn~n.!.e11C~ of.

... th~ C\.lmmunal and dt' 1 iH! politic:, of ABVP has lhrea tcnt:d th~ ·cry r~)Undali,m~ olthc democratic traditions ol' the campus. Whik privatisation holJ, th~ thr~at ol' turning JNU inlO an enclave ror the privileged and po\'.crtul. ABVP"\ nght 'ving politic~ has sought to divide and weaken th~ ..,tuJt!ll\ movement hy resurrecting and nurturing. cxcluSI\'J"t and chuu' .~.nt-.{ tJcntttte~. ln fact. JNU rcpr~!>cnts in a microcm.m the .

larger l·untrJdtctions and antagonism that have gripped the Inuian .

polity. lncr~.t,tn~h. WorlJ B:lllk and IMF Jicwtetl economic pack.tgc:. arc .

... , .

.

C\)lont<..tng nauons \\.tlh the help and through their respective -.upine and pliant cines and as tn all ... uch ·aJjustment programme..,· <..octal sector ~rcndtng ha\ h~:en periliously curtaikd. ln tune with the~\.' utctat~. India ha' witn~~....eJ a downward 'riral in spendtng on health, educa-tion and ')Uh<..tdil.!s which have raced across the h~:!rri cub whtlc hig husinc"s and MNC'-; are pa.mpcr...:d with concessions in order to create 'inve-.lment fnendly' condition" Thus the ·retreat of the state' i!-. aclllall] a di..,ciplincd intervention in favour or nco-impcreali:-.m and its lackeys. Nnt ~mpristngly. at this mo::,l intense moment of allack on the W~)rk Ill g. cbs::-anu the other ma.rginalised sections, the fascist RSS and their variou fronts such as the BJP, ABVP, VHP etc hnve steppetl .

up the1r hrand ol tllvisivc politics and thcrchy arc clearing reststancc and ohstacle... Ill th~ interest. .

.

Impact on Students .

.

Such pniJL'tc-.. tn,oh ing di..,invesun~nt. pri"ati ...auon, ~1nd cuts.'" \OCtal ._,t:Lllll' -.pend til!! have ura'ltll.' and Jangc1 OUS tmphcallons lor cducallnn. In JNU , thc-;c attack.., have acutdy manll·c..,tcd ''~ .the ra.p1d detcn orallllll ol the quality or lifc for the ;1\t:rage ::,tudent I here IS a .

,ntnl ..,hol\lall in h(i'>lel ~eat . librarie arc 111 a ~,tate ol collapse.

hst.

~u . n .

.

and ransport almost non-cxistanL Academic ex~d~cncc i: hound to he the rr~t \' JCilll1 , and in the 1.!\'1..'111 o f the threat ot htk\.! 111 lci.!S and J.ncss.

11.

.

hilh heing reall!-.t:tl. cJucation in JNU is hou nu l.o become n .pn.vllcge conl'ineu tin.: rnnunate few. Moreover, trom ~ sh~cr luck l>l. wtl l and .

. · 10 SC'&ST ttuot·.., r't11'tin larnelv untullldled. MCMs have .

.. app IC<IllOil, . '· "' , '-. lore .

rcmatne ...... -c . , . .

. rv·... ·10 n·ll admic;-..,on ill\nlvement ol the Sl·(.., tn .

l 1 C pt\II CI e'> 0 Ip 1' . . ' . .. . . . , . , ,.

I · . 1 til. r ·stcwttton of <,OC t ill tk[ll'l' .tlton tnt!~..: X lhiV~o; bc~.:n.

adm,..,..,,on.., ,till c 1.: ~ .

mas$ mobili~ation and the democratisation or the proccsst.:s of dcci-.

:.ion mo~king are vital clements or the ~tudent movement. Unfortu-.

nate!} the previous mandate witnessed the fragmenting or the Uni .

. I I . on.

along lines which arratgned 11e ell and democratic forces against the right reactionaric~ in an auritive hallie. ln the race of such subversion and di<;ruption hy right reaction the genuine aspirations of the student\ were often dcrailcu in a cloud or jingoistn , casteism and communal politics. The ABVP. moreover, has lived up to its fascist reputation by openly cooperating with the JNU administration. On t.he i~~uc of hostel Identity cards scheml~. for example, they have, against the populnr student's will. supported Ihe regressive measure. Physical intimidation .

and help w perpetrators nf s..:xual a imes also seem to he an important component or their politics. In tht: Periyar Hostal incidt:nt the ABVP stood completely cxpo~eu in the1r anx illll ~ness to save the culprit. The SFl-AlSF n:iteratc~ its l'aith in a .IN USU thalts n.:sponsive to the needs or the ~tudcnts. for it IS only the JNUSU that cnn provide the forum ror debate and the lcauer~hip necessary to tight for the day-to-day .

demands or the stuuenl. .

.

.

THE TASKS AHEAD .

Restore the Progressive Admission Policy .

.

The SFJ-AISF p~rccivcs the struggle for the restoration ofthe prog.resi\'C ~tspects or thl.' OAP(OIJ 1\dmts:-.ion Polley) as constituting the-central agenda of tht: krt student riwv~.:m~.:nt Llll the campus today JNU had pioneered the historic struggle against euucation as a reproduction or social incquali1y and had provided r~n inspiring. example of hknding. academic excellence with snci<ll justice through the Old admi-;sJOn policy. The OAP's relevance incr~ases manifold in today':-L'()ntc"\l where charges ot' victimisation during the process of admisston ahound. The OAP ensured nlll only a :w point deprivatinn progrnmm...: to re-dress social in.tustices hut abo to ensure swd~.:nt's in,·ol\cment at e\er:. ~tagc of th~.: admisston process to guarantee optimum transpan:nC). SFC participation was acttvdy ent:ouragcd 111 en~unng the elimination or all anamolie.., in the grantn!! or Jcprivaunn points and even a1 th~! level ot' M.Phtl inh:rvicws. Tit~.· restoration nt' the OAP i~ tmperatiH~ .

to U')h(;r in a <kcentralis~d. demlKialised and tran~parcnt atlmi-..:-.1011 policy. The SFI-1\ ISl· -.tamh 1()1 I he IIH:orporali\lll or tkpriYation points on the c..:ateg.ory ot gentle and the fu ll rcstM.IIlOn of social ec,)nOIIliL' .

' -:.. . ................. (.:",.,,.,.,;, ... -~ ·l \. .... I L.. I ' .I ..

.

.

and regon~u ueflilv6 ... t10w tltnl BC n..:p·~~~lltalinn slamb at 9 W/1, SC\ST at 17.W/c and the rcpr~..sentalinn ol backward n:giotl' at ll .7cA 1tar hclmv th1..· constitutional requir~.:m~.:nl~). Th~.: prnporlil\ll .

or rural student~ aJmitlL'd is n11ly hall' (' t that 111' urban stutiL:nts . .

.

.

Sexual Harassment: The Ril!ht wing Offensive .

.

prc!3cnc~ or the ABVP on campu:-.. On mosl instances their response has either been to protect the guilty or argue fur the curhing of freedom of girl students. The SFI-AlSF platform demand that the JNU admin-istratton must tmplement the Supreme Court guidcli.nes on sexual ha-ras..,mcnl. These guidelinc5 involve the institution or Complaint Com-1111uee. which ~hould be headed hy a woman. The Committee should abo he uemocratically con~titutcd and must appraoch the issues with a view wwards rcdressal of the crime. rchahilit;ition of the victim and cnsut ing preventive measures. Thl~ Complamt Committee in essence .

will enahle the students lo defeat the administration's allcmpts to im-pose rc..,triction'> and curb their freedom. lt i.., important to also note that the rise in '>lH.:h crimes has followed the privatisation of the campus .

security ~ystcm. .

.

.

More Hostels More Books : .

The SF1-AISF a<:.serts that Ill, attempt to involve students in wider ....trU''!!ks ror social a11d e(onomtc equality wtll hear fruit unless the cun~J~ncc of studcnh is won over hy tighttng fur the long standing and lc~i11matc demand~ nf the student community. particularly the con~tr~uion of new ho~tds. The Sr:I-AlSF through the JNUSU has .

ex~:neu consi:-.tent pressure on the administration to accept the rcspon-. ._thtlit) of gui.lrantceing hostl.'J an:omodallnn Ill th~ prosp..:ctus and Of prnv iJing temporary accomodatHlll to -.lUdcnts wtthout ho~tds. !he aclmint..,tr<tli blunt rdusal 111 the mau~r 1:-. d early a rcllccuon ol tht: lo£ic lll liberalisation which seck'> to di,p~.:n-;l.' wi th spe~ding in the· so:ial ..,cctor.Thl.' hudgct allocation for new honks and JO~rnals. has no-;c dived lO zcro(Financial Estimates of JNU.I997-9R).Thts dclthcr-atc auacl-on our right to cduraticm will oc fl,ught hy the SFI-AISF .

tl)lllh ltd~ l0 continue bc~tdo l'nsunng th.ll stu en c . t·d to.

' Tl , sFI-AiSF arc commit c .

j)a..,s...:.., ha\'c res Im·tcd acl.·cpt:tht hl)'. ll: .' . . . . I d' the.

' .

car~~ ll)t'\\ ard the struggle for hl.·llcr tran-..pnrt ~~cll~\li!S me ~r ~:~ . U Sp:'t.Ttls hl cater tn a suhstanual numb prcs-.tng ne...:J Ipr · .. .

-.cholar~. .

'>IIIJH:Walkd .

.

.

The Campu.., and its Politics .

.

Thl..! O..,l( ,\ !Sl pla{torm ha\~.; ~..:onsish.:ntl) nt.tllll~uncd th:1t tiH.: JNUSlJ .

~ an -.trumcnt ol ...truggk and not a -.cat nt puv.ct. C'oli~L't(lll.'ll lly,.

.

111 .

.

.

.

.

.

)%.

. .

L~~ .

(", .

It .

l .

r .

.

STUDENTS' FEQERAI ll"'N l'f ~NL1U\.

All 'lNOtA STOOENT~· f t:r~GR~\TION .

.

06.11 .02.

DEF=E:\ TTHE" r~'Ull"~~ t''· -; ~_·\ i"~t--n·.

CARRY FORWARD THE STRU,~~lt It·{lR ·\N 1·\Lfi t\NAr!\ ~· \{tS!ON roR JNU!.

Friends. .

In a release brought out recently to prova th.1t the 1G.ft !$ a.;,~.. ia~:.a .;:,~'1-\:. :\:· ~'~·. <'\;W l p \\1~ a n..

.

.1m[\eJ: Qt maginative lies-frcm ·they.

~sed the celebrabon of t&h A.ugust and ~se. ~UM tJ ..f'(,~ ~U'"X\~· \k;~:'-;: ~· \ ~ ~-~ f:, ~ (~fi\O~t tsl'·~ s \he clarn that the Left does notaccept the ~lour. ThiS IS tel~ because IllS not tha ~~" bl;t th~$31V\ \.~ q\l!\ }~n~\ '\~: "'v! ~t'ql{ Son} ~tnl~~1}{ ~le ·~¢\'{·:·.!'.\ '01 (,.';)·.:A~ ,~· -a ,, a ,t...r::pe;sa£\ ~pnof OOi freedom strug~which.

the RSS had no part to playThe VISion of a secular democratic ·and pr<)(J~\~ :.~d·~ ..: ~.-. ._,.,~~·;~] l'\~l t'... i; R~~ ·~li:\'e2. n 01 the contrary, as the Vtce PresidentaU.

candidate froo1 the ABVP last year-4Mlo IS now thCll ProSloontat ~~l\~(r-~~~\.u nr~l \ ~· ~e.c.. boo UGBM the Sangh Parivar beheves that lncfJais a hindu rashtra Exactly ~tBal Thackrey has bcefl ~J' ''~~ teff.n~ l '1:' ''1ll<1 ... \'' t·· ~. ·· '1<f. 3Sr.-·ts of the &lngh Giroh's creams has becaneinaeasi~ cl~ar 1n the past f~w years of BJP rula Golwall-.at had \\4ittf'n "1,"'-!'.4'.~~ N l ''''"" '· M.al -.ol\lbon IOl rne ~ws.

. and today hs cisciples in.

power are putting that teachtng mtopractice tn Gupral \~ate huudc~ts ~rh\t\\.1-r'('~\1 1\\e.nnc:..ft· "~ '(r.c; 111t~.xrty C\.'ffimun.~· have klst thei lives and many tinesmore have become iefugees m ther own land m th~ cours~ {.'(\\flat om ''"t\ h.,,~.~ ,~.r;,, ~·· ~ :.1~!6 ~+"~"\.:.,.:!(~ ~noc,oe And it IS not onty the relig1ous.

minorities~ will be at the receiving end. Given the BrahmmiC;:~I and ~'~~~~nh~l ,,,,~c--..lh~t f.~ttf'l ihc hast;. or tha. Sangh.

's social vision. wom1!n, Dalits..

aclvasis too Wtll be second class Qtizens at best In tfle /lll)d'IJ r.-JShfta that the lk~:.: \1{ rtfll ~~ h.·.[\,Jtc \\alii 1\1 Quild. 11 \\111 not be a crlne to lynch five Dalit.

youth based on the mere rtmOll' that they were slaughtenng 3 I"OW ·.

The Sangh's reactionary soc1al agenda dovetails pee fcct:fy ~u, '11!'01 1~W-m.

.

' ·.,fk:·.,·Jw--11 bom.; tna !hter;t,vn of both to take a\va.~.

' the democratic.

r91~of the people and ta disrupt_their unity So abJect IS the ~uttcthfcl rf th~ l~:~f."\}.'11' 1~1\b la11 il\pc:!liali;;{tllil~t rt has come ou1 meager support of US.

policies li<e the NMD or the doctrine of unilateral stnkes on wh1ch rvcn thf' ~~~~tnrhr.:·-1 :~Ill~·. "' tr1a ll~· nm & anhereo In the campus, the N3VP echoesGeorge Bush by claiming that the Left supports Osama in laden t;hl<",, ll citlf'l·~ lh't '-1'f11illhc; u;:'-, \~r on lc1 10r'.

against terrorism. the Left had not hesitated tn exposmg the 'War on tenlJI h'l \\IIaI 111 r-~11\' \\ ::t... ~ lowever whtle takmg a consistent standaq ~ttampl to strani}then imperialist hegemon~ over oil-rich Central Asia and to deflect attention from the economic etisi:; al h0111" l 11!2 fm h,lt:1Vo ~,ne lh oul-tha U:) warm Afghantstan, which devastated the.

lives of the ~nnocent crv1han population of Afghamstan IS now at an ~nd all"' l!m iw,t;tli~H·III I ~ ~~~~IJf)ot lcgtmc: .S\ c:n thOU!:Jh Osama bm Laden and MullahOmar remam untraced The next target1s Iraq. and thePentag<:Jn alr(Jarly hn·. th~ t JtTifllhi!tLIII ni ho tlc'<t pilpratrag1ma ready on tis files.Under the BP-Ied regtme, the attack on the conrnon pc1lf1l{''·l IIV111ihnr~<l ~tnl tho hnl tf 1Jut1lh C:lS~cs th1ougn tne pursuu of neo-liberal pol;cies.

has intensified. Corruption under this reg1me has reached new helght1 Willi !11~ I1.11' 11Hd H,c: NBA IQr\i,crs contimung shamelessly 1n office e;en as sc-am.

after scam gets exposed. We were Witness. on national televJsron. \o tho pto·.l(hml ni 11\o .clll''th b~ttc.l rtauut"lisr OJP accaptmg bnbes frGITl a supposed.

defence contractor We found the nationaliSt BJP leaders maklnn ntoruw ntlt nr lh"' ptqt LHdtHcr,t ,Jf cumnsUTI. petrol pump. land. rt~r solrhers \vho la1d down the1r lives in Kargil.

. the liSt of scams IS endless And alarge numhm nl br.nonriAttn"l have rcc11 1:·. 'J &di\ii;;!s \.\trtl an AOVP leader irom JNU. \\.no is.

now the Delhi State secretary of hrs organisation too getting apleril or li.!Md fur lilltt·.olr Ill nclhlAs is to be expected from a fasetstJc organisation, fared Wllh !JIUWtnrl ch·,~jnlcpl auQit~:::~l l£5 attli·pcu,Jlc pultCic~ lhd RSS has bean speal<mg mdifferent tongues On one hand is the aajivan swaywnsevah Prirno Mlnl·lii'Jt whc dm lnro::a 111~1 rntnl m:::~ are lfc c:var::.1bla and on the ·other s the SwadeshrJagaram Manch which makes no1ses agatnst hberahsatJon Followmg lhr ·,:~lw" 1':111"111 t11n AiiVI' w,, 11111 i.::ulrpu3 bnng~ out pampheiS agamst lhe ~iDA.

~v~runent's pohcres of lrberalisatron and prrvatisation of edocation whllu 111lhcj ·~nmn linin ~lqyiJIU 2lWnY fi,un str LJgglas agams1privatisation and mvrting.

~misters from the NDA government to adctess 1ts election meobno<; llowcvnr, \'"''~J::lln ~'.'"~? tho ' 1111111 y LoH 3co th,nugh UH:, rusa and tha people hav~.

gNen a clear verdict agarnst the RSS-BJP tn all recent assembly elt1r lltlll'l nf!d 1y Filr.t llco !"1 QVarJ In cldlc~ Ill· a Uttar Prad8$h and Jammu and Kashmtrwhere the BJP had trred 1ts best to fan up communal passion5 fhn AHVI' lrJq 1t.1·.; r;1 r:<l" ,uql 111 ~htolcnb Uithocl .::ta... non 111 unl'liarsibc::. h~a H1macnal.

Pradesh Umvers1ty. Hyderabad Central Unrversrty and Punjab UrtiVEw~ity llrtd Wn n)JIJI'l.,l l11 111::. ~.cmrr.unal attad-:ne Jasrled by the SFI-AISF,. mobthsed t~e student community in ~~~ tl(lqln'J nu·11W.I thn:ia 1rHIitr,l~:~ alt.~~~;_::: clcrandmg lhe dem~r~tt~ cam_!)~_ c~nns a~r8Sistlng the_attempts to prJVatJSe and saffronJSe our vnrversrty th! OUtJh lhtt /l~cnru-.lr.lllrut ~ ~ l'l::~t~ ntJtl,c atlctnf'l tu dppuml a R~S ·JtLa~Cn::~r...cI::A -It a.

same t1me srgmficant achievements were achleveo on Issues of lmrn.

,,dlt~l" ";h tri'H11 t,,,nr r.'ftli~O> Ilk l,t'.,dt ;, tlmputc:s, and Internet faohnes hostel fac11tl2Setc. It IS VPfY unfortunate that m an election bemg held "'""' -:w,h rnaJ' ,, ·.htfh ir1 lhn 1111llm.,l jJIcll '~I ::lllualh~' aiid :,lrugyles m CUi O.J.on ur.r. ci~~.

organrstJcns hke the NSUI and AISA have not engaged in a GOIIOUJ fJtillh r,l dnl,.

~l,, , 1 '"lflflliltJ tllt.lll~nllc;;S 41 sejltldltcn~hsm and ratstng non-tssues tr;rsshows not only their ccmplete 1deolog1cal bankruptcy but IS also i1 r~00t,trr111 ,,f '""" llll' lriil/11'"' lllr. Jcal oitd 11.e~ dhcildlh.;n from students srrugg1as.

Whi!e reaffirmmg Its comrmtment to continuing lhEr slrugcll'"l ·''l"llr~.

1'\F t r ,11 1>111~.~w,n b(1lll ,,,.isn IM) dllrl C<.c timunalisrn, the SFI-AISF 11rould Iii..a 10.

put forward an alternative agenda for Jf IU as an universtty whqrg ~lrJrlt-111"< ~,lift dlflc'' r.11l ~f, lit,,.:::. ,,t :::.lflcljl,n Je the fullbl p{k)stble opportu~tl'/ to engagern cntJcal academ1c enqutry. A unJVers1ty where there are 1nstifutlm1!JJmc.,.hltli"·JrJ":::. ,,,, ntt1111i 1.,1 dlltl ~trf.T'Jt.rnr~ ()s~l!)ldwhere students have access to adequate library and laboratory f:Jclhh~. nh~1 rl(,.e ln students trom depnved sectrons.COUfSes hke 'Human Consciousness' have no place We would h~tJ< ffJ ~CJ~r, (lrr).., 1rrh~lola111lrt ,,,,S 111,,.,rlillrtr ":::.ll,dar,t'!'·~'e 111 '~G:tf1cu;.; de, iSICil maktng and where obcurantJst.

t;~',ffifllumty to str11ggle r01 th1s vrs1on and lo send amessage that the ABVP's pohbcs of communal barbansrn h~nrJ pi;"~Crt "" Jt Ill .

SFI-AISF PANEL FOR JNUSU f:J,.,fl C!.

----·-~ .

·-. -· ----,_,.---'f!OttJS ~00.

--· Presidont; Hohit~ Vice-President: Parlrrl;sf Msy~ SutHlfikfir.

General Secretary: Snam!itHiiJ At1mad Kh~n.

t----.

... -_Joint s~~retary~ =E!Hl_P#lQ!J~ -. ----sss ~ SLL&CS.

.

-<.

Harish S. Wankhede Prashant Kurnar 8tt)tjt1 Azhar Uddin.

-I .

-.

Raziur Rahman Rajh; Kumar R.tirlj~tl K: Padmi.ni lyerSanjay Kumar Robert T. ChanQ§Iirt Mg, F.iro.z Sonia Wazed .

Shaweta Atuirtt M~rt.~.z~ .Ali .Athar Subhanil Chowdhury Su!lil t<umat~Ail!w_~~ .~---__ Shilpj_lt]a.______-..J .

Sd/-.

.

.

AKHIL BHARATIYA VIDYARTHI PARISHAD .

31/1012004.

SAFFRON IS RAMPANT! .

"But the Independence ofHindustan does and must inevitably imply in itselfthe unityandIntegrity ofIt This unity ofHindustan, our Motherland and Holy Land from the Indus to the seas, had been through a thousand generations ofourpeople, the vision ofourseers, the theme ofourpoets ... and the battle cry ofour warriors -till at last It got identified with the oneness oftiJe National Being itself." (V.D. Savarkar, .

The 10th May: The Independence Day of Hindustan', leaflet, 1945) .

Friends, .

.onyto.

This statement, showing Savarkar's opposition to Partition and his commitment to 'A~hand B~arat', sta~ds t~stimthe hollowness of Marxist propaganda a1med at malignrng him and blaming him for Part1t1on. Netther Marx1st d.tstort1on of .

history, nor their boot licking of Sonia Gandhi's Congress, can conceal the fact that the C~l was.. apart from the Muslim League, .

the only national party which openly supported Partition. So far as our stand on campus 1ssues 1s concerned, the SFI-AISFare We understa_nd th_at they.

still silent on our demand for display of M.Phil. written examination and interview mar~s. .

,'lave many skeletons in their cupboard, which they fear may start rolling down ifacadem1c transpare':JCY IS achJ.eved. .

.

Before gotng rnto the nitty-gritty of electoral polittcs in JNU, whtch, incidentally, seems to be respondJ.ng energe~tcally to the ABVP-campa1gn. one should like to quote the Mahatma; writing in Young India, the publication he had edtted for qu1~e so_me .

time, on 6th October, 1921, Gandhiji had stated clearly. 'Cow-protection is the gift ofHinduism to the world. And Hmdwsm will live so long as there are Hindus to protect the cow.' It is interesting to note that the person sought to be .

misappropriated, nowadays with disturbingly-hetghtened frequency, by the shrewd Communists, was not averse to identifying .

lndtc' way of life. Thus, far from differing from the RSS on questions ofhimself firmly w1th the supreme icons of the '.

fundamental, national interest, e g. the removal of untouchability, the integration of our national life, the identification and celebration of nationally-relevant hentage, Bapu was not at odds with the denizens of Hindutva, and the so-called Extremist nationalists like Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Lala Lajpat Rai, Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya, etc. Hence, it is rather disturbing to note .

the shameless extent of Leftist skullduggery, which stops short of no mendactty in tts attempt to corner the national ideological space; but, it is grattfying to note, is confined to unfurling its pseudo-revolutionary buntings in the spacious lawns of elitist South Delhi. Lefttsts, at least, those of the self-styled variety, seem to share this zany class-character universally, more so in JNU than elsewhere; which ts why it ts so very tmportant to throw them out of this potentially-dynamic campus, and liberate what could have been India's Harvard from the dungeons of stale dogma. However, before we can get gomg with this noble task of mobil1smg the campus, it rs necessary to review the precise parameters of the ideology dear to our hearts and souls-the .

the Way of the Saffron Pennant', which is better known to all of us as Hindutva. the destiny of'Bhagava Dhvajah Patha', or '.

India Equitable Treatment of All Creeds', and the working ideology of.

C?ur baste 1dea is 'Sarva Dharma Samabht:w a', or the '.

Htndu Nat10nalrsm ts the realisation, identiftcation, celebration and triumphal march of this very pacific and egalitarian ideology, wh1ch has .bee~ hailed as 'the Light ofthe Civilised World' by many an occidental and 'oriental' scholar and sage. However, true ... to the rarr.1ficattons of a socto-political situation that is dominated by shallow-minded and vacuous-hearted hypocrites, this very .

gentle ·way of l1fe is under sieg~ fr?m all.sides, and, 'Oeo volente', the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, under the aegis,of t~e Samgha Panvar, Will defend 1t With all rts physical, mental, spiritual, intellectual moral and ethical might. Following what SrT h.r~na s~ys m the Bhagavat Gila about his taktng birth on as many occasions as there wtll be a preponderance of evil, the ABVP Wt~l defend the abstract and concrete boundaries of the 'lndic' Weltanschauung, come what may! Not for us is to say that nothmg can be done, and ltke Lady Macbeth, in William Shakespeare s Macbeth we should 'screw our courage to the st1ckmg-place, ~nd [weJ shall not fail.' The emotional attachment shown by the not-so-ordinary karyakarta to the timeless call of .

the Motherland ts a pomter to the fact of the unfading appeal of Hindutva which is the only possible way to reinstate India on .

the W?rld-stage. Under thts awe-inspiring Ideological umbrella, we reaffirm our fatth in the bas1c unity of all humanity, and .

rededicate ourselves to the goal of drawing up the blueprint of a just and egalitarian society which should be able to ensure JUSttce and ldeologtcal punty, for the evolution of a new India. In conclusion, we should ltke to call upon all of you to.

both so~ral.

defeat, tn the JNUSU-Eiect10ns, the forces that seek to degrade the soul of India, chiefly by refusing to accept her pristine .

greatness and strengthen the hands of the ABVP .

CENTRAL PANEL .

DHANANJAY SINGH -PRESIDENT ANKITA BHATTACHARJEE -VICE-PRESIDENT PRITISH KUMAR SAHU -GEN-SECRETARY MANOJ PANT -JOINT-SECRETARY SL SIS sss Special C entre for Sanskrit S tudies .

BHARTI TANWAR ARIJIT RAKSHlT RAJEEV NARAYAN VJKAS SHARMA.

DZHKHA KARUNA SAURABJYOTISARMA RAKESH RANJAN .

NAVNEET RADHAY SHYAM .

PUSP RANJAN VIKAS ANAND .

SATISH VIVEK KUMAR OJHA .

.

-------·-.

VANDE MATARAMI .

Sd/-.

Ran Vijay .

Central Campaign Coordinator .

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

C'f1J J a_. _......t__ .

Unite! Fight!! Liberate!!! .

Date: 06-11-02 .

The Autumn of Our Discontent .

First, let us clarify why this pamphlet. No friends, we are not a bunch of monsoon frngs (barsati mendhak, that is) joining the .

croakino bandwagon every time election clouds overcast the JNU sky. We believe that any res~onsible students organization .

on the ~ampus has to clarify its position on the issue of this major political event, the electton to the JNUSU . Hence the .

pamphlet. .

It must be clear that we hold this event of annual election to be of significance. We bel.ic~e it is ?rivilege to b~ a student of this relatively more politically conscious and democratic university_. ~t. is a greater pnvtlege sttll t? ~?nte.st tn the :nnual elections to the students union. But with this privilege comes responstbtltty. For .a studen~ the .responstbtltty ltes, a.m.o~~ other th' a to cast (or not to cast) his/her vote responsibly. For an organization taktng part tn thts event .the responstbt.lttt~s, w.e b~~~~~ arc mainly twofold. First, propagating the principles, mostly political i~ nature, on whtc.h the orgamzatton '.s founded. Students are more receptive during the election time. Seco.ndly. ~nd m~re tmpo:tan~ly, ~ss~r~tg i~gei~~~d~~~\~~~t~~.

f h · t tl and responstbly wtth all tts organtzauona mtg ,.

would function in the best interest o t em consts en Y. d ft times they are found to be complementary. That is, .

runnina the union. Though these two duties may seelm '.ndep.en ednt, ot eh:ve her/his/i;s say abdicatina the duty of addressing.

.

" . t. nnot J. ust contest e ecttOns tn or er o , " d d .

any individual or organtza ton ca f . t f . where any theory without practice is regar e to.

. I b'l't Th. s is more so from a 1e t potn o vtew h . b.

the students cause wtt 1 capa t t y. t I D t' Students Union (DSU) have not thoug t tt to e a .

. b . h derstanding we from t 1C cmocra tc , I d d .

be vacuous. Thts emg t e un , . I . At . ·se t we lack the oranizational strengt1 nee e to carry.

politically correct decision to contest the current c ccttons. pte n " forward students struggle for greater democracy. . . · ,. ·d tJ· ~ ll:w }Joint rcoardin" the present student politics on the campus arc in order. Our modest atm ts to analyze.

H 115.

avmgs.tt " " . ffl'. h }' · fth t tla·oe.

the various mgnnizations ' functioning and see if they reflect a deeper mala1se a ICttng t e po tty o e coun ry a ''=' . .

We start with AI SA f'or whom sa lutino the Naxalbari has become an empty ritual. On the face value their pamphlets seem to be politically mature. and it is true that students union in 1993, 94. 95 led by AISA functioned more resiliently than the pathetic, apologetic student politics we are witnessing today . But why the great fall from grace? We hold that there would always be space for radical left politics against the social democratic populism of SF!, the soft communal, bourgeois posturing ofNSUI or the rabid anti-people, fascistic Sanghi designs. The mandate that AISA had received reflected this. This was the period when our society was coming out of the churning of Mandai Commission, Bahri Masjid demolition, riots and .

blasts. But the advantage was frittered away through petty-politicking, vote bank politics and intra-organiLational feuds. At a deeper level this sad ending manifests the bankruptcy of genuine ten vision that does not know how to compromise with opportunists. It is this lnmkruptcy that compels CPI-ML (Liberation) to forge electoral alliance with CPI, a party serving the interests'of the ruling classes. The same factor brought about the nemcsi:; of AlSA and it is wntinuing even today. Indeed AI SA/Liberation today are a-poor, unsuccessful replica of SFI/CPM. .

About SFI/AISF the less said the better. This campus has long bf:en a safe sanctuary cum breeding ground of their activists, steeped in empty rhetoric and running for greener pastures at the dangling of the smal lest carrot. We~1eTerring not only to the numerous promotions that the ex-SFI JNUSU presidents gave themselves by joining NSUI and the likes, we are also alluding to the massive rung of activists, sympathizers and supporters this comb ine builds up on the eve of elections. In most cases they vanish without a trace by the time they"~~sured of admission or hostel accommodation. Neither is this mobilization visible lighting for just, democratic rig~ts. In other words it is sheer vote-contractorship on which the core support base of the combine is formed. The rest of the support comes due to artificially constructed TINA factor. But the leadership is n~t complaining.. Political consciousness is antithetical to populism. It may bring down the 25 years LF rule in Bengal. Same ts true for the juggernaut of AISF/SFI on the campus. We find no difference between the LF rule and the AISF/SFI rule .as f~r as the level ~f ap~thy ?r. vote.-cot~tractorship is concerned. With time increasing centrist, populist stances of SF! ts gotng to create an Jdenttty cnsts as tt wtll be difficult to distinguish itself from the more successful ruling classes' students organizations like NSUI. .

Unlike the AISA, Sfl/AISF, NSUI, the ABVP is not the students' wing of a political party. It is one of the organized expressions of an inherently fascist, communal, patriarchal ideology embodied in the RSS. This gives Parishad a space to distance itselffrom anti-people policies and practices of any of its sister organizations. namely BJP, Bajrang Dal, VHP etc. at opportune moments. There is the precise role of ABVP defined -to diffuse the anger of the student community, to co-opt them and to eliminate the political opposition by force. It is characteristic of the diabolic and opportunistic pattern of functioning of RSS-the Indian variety of Hitler's Nazi Party and Mussolini's Fascist Party. .

In the light of our views expressed above it is a thought worth pondering over if the organizations that are contesting do deserve your vote. DSU commits itself to accomplishing its task of the New Democratic Revolution, and hence, we hold students union elections in high esteem. We however, feel that the students politics should not be confined within the four walls of the university: it has to reach out and forge alliances with the struggling masses of the country. .

Democratic Students Union (DSU) .

.

.

.

.

II .

~ .

Kandhamal to Karnataka Put Their Fascist lnt .

" ... the foreign races in Hindusthan must either adopt the Hindu culture and language, mustlearn to respect and hold in reverence Hindu religion, must entertain no idea but those ofthe glorification ofthe Hindu race and culture, i.e., of the Hindu nation and must lose their separate existence to merge in the Hindu race, or may stay in the country, wholly subordinated to the Hindu Nation, claiming nothing,·deservin.g no privileges, .far less any preferential treatment not e·ven citiz·en's rights." .

-lvl. S. Golwalkar, We or Our Nationhood Defined, 1939, .

p. 47-48 -. -.

Nun was gang ~-raped and priest brutally assaulted in Kandhamal , .

FIRs lodged but no an·ests by State go'.7Crl1mcnt·; no response from Centre; Sister Nirmala \vrote to CM and PM appealing for protection t·o Christians .

)i .

J .

.

). .

, .

.

f r .

~ .

.... .

~ .

-~ .

~. .

IS "), .

. .

IC .

of .

n. .

1St nd ns ..,).

fl/~· .

.

Pa:rnthl Menon .

BMIISMIHWAR: Tne Ortua s:o· vernment has fAiled to take nny action. \lnc\~r tho l,\111 or tit< land, AJ.",Jiln~t thooe whc commitlod bestlol crime. -rbo ljllng rape ofa 2A·y~ar-old CDthollc nun and tho brul.lll atl)tk on 1 C~tholic prlrl whn courogeouly rosined lh~lrrr:temputn for,;e him to pa:tidp3lc In the atrocity. 1'hcse lncklenl$ took p!Me on Aueutt 2S al K. N~aan. 12 Jrm from the 133llf,\\ldt tulKil-~ltlon 111 Kll(lh;mlllllnct iloth vlllnu flied !'lr.t Infor· rmtion Rtporta Dt the llaligu. <b police atallon S1stcr Nlnnala. Superlot ·CientrAI or th~ Miuiona.rtu of Chanty. v.Tote 10 the Onua Chlcr 1\ti.nutn .in<lll,.l'rime Mn· lstcr ~trylnAthe .troctiu .

'rhe hnuallullnn 11f the nun and the prl<$t by 1 1110b ra1~int1 anti·Chrlttlon. !lin· dutvo tl~l'll toolc plo'r around l p m. lithe lie oftho DivyQ Jyothl P01tor Centre. The :hutdt wat burnt the rrcvi{llt day In rtprisot ~jllll~t the murder crfan 11$S ~~etlwl. L<t.llthm~n3nAAd SarBBw;~lhi.A!1d four ofhiH~-.

fOCiale.s on Augutt 23. The Jlllllll ·nro of lhe youn~ nu n. WhDper to l'ruteo:t her privocy) took pl~co In front C>l a J'OIIc:e nut· pr;Jt vith 12 r>Ollc~mcn rrnm the 01'1 uo Stole Armed rollcc proaent ond wolclllng. oc· tMdln; to !'other Thomn' Chdl;~.n, the pr1ett who wu dn>~t~:ed out and l>adJybloaten .

AArourul I p.m .. n f!;log .

.

came ll.ild puUcd me ~nd the Sl~tcr out of !he llou~ where we had \liken 1helier and ~'-'!ned llUoulllng nt." f~lhtr t"hell~n loll! T/lr llirtdu In 1\ Lelcrh~mlc inler.~iew fr<:~m Ktr~la ..-twrs he Is reCIJptratlng. .

t.ty ~Jipent. to lhr fland her biGUte torn," he JJI>d The nun ~jpng rartd In nf~rh)· bulldlJ\8, and ho""" ooUied with ktrn-rcne hy the mob, wlllch lh1calncd to tel him on ftl'1), They wurl) Avcd by oSfWP o( you1h "'h" l~~~>k tJu:m lO the Jlllcc outpo~t "-hfl'll cmr ~mon"tho Jllacl!~I'J Wll3 pro· .

s,t>nt with the rol!ce betw~n .

n I'm. nnd 9 f'.m.: Forher .

ChfllAn ~ld. .

Ntl'il of lhn K Nu'l,glllln .

atrocity wo1 con~r~yed .

lhtoujlh mobile phones lo .

tevernl lfrle.J~t onl nuns hid· .

In~ ff\ ~rllrUt$, re~ting ror .

their 11\'\la os the "nti·Chri.t· .

lion hunt wu on. The vlctlnu .

wore token Lo the lhllgudo .

(lOikt stJlion fitound 9 p.ru. .

wh.ere the)' lodged finll fn· .

frrrmoti11n ll~I'Om. "I bt!!l.,v~ .

th~ Slt~r wroto In her CVn>· .

plftlnt !hat he WOP rr~.· .

F~thtr ~nl h~not .

.

~:one puhtfc, hD~outl'n!l~u or.d llmifted ChrisiiDn ot};nnis.~· tlom woddog In Kandh~mlli d!jtrlct. New8 nf it wu brought In th~ notice ofCh icf Mlnllcr Nnvccn Patnolk ly n.iphael Che~nalh. Arrhhlh· op of tho Cuttnck-Bhubane· .

wnr dlocoae. .

Sillor Nir=l~ WTotc let· tcr. to the 01 isJn Ch1~f Min· IJter alld the Pr1111C MtnlttN on thll end n1her l>rntl 01· tackJ on Chri~ti.Dn tn Oni~ In her lctl~r tlnfo!l Ausutt 211. 20011. tu Chtcf Mlnl,tcr hi· o~ik, the tMk ur "It \'Cr)' .tl .

1nt1dent, .._,.,,, ~ft.er lh~ ~rut· lion or the \'itllence· or ·(lne young liil~r. coruecrntr.d to God. 14·ho wu ~dmlrtllralnr or an ,n,tltut~. b<:lne h~on1cll OUI of her h1d1njl plac~ ~otl stnpptd f'Ul!d h)· lhc hl'lh ~nd l~r vlrJ!lnlty ru-otil) Vln· 14l.td In pui,Jio. wothnut anyhelp from the poll~ prclent .

thC:rt'.., .

hi i'ltr Df'llePJ frn rro\Ct .

.

Lion to Chri~Uon1.!'llcr Nlr· .

mn!Jo u11;ed the Chlcr .

Minister ro "nk che Ctnlfnl .

Covt. fQrru mony o¥tr;l f01-cca .

from lh.n CN!I rc n~ thty ora .

willing to glvl' and )""U ncod." .

Whon contnctcd. rmvccrl KumDr. Superintendent nl' Polit11, Kat~dhnmol rlllllrlcl, l(l!ci ft10 lfinuu lh~lln\'Wl· l!nllons intn tho ~Piode hy A Deputy Suporinten~enl or !'alit~ wero nn AJ\u "the lw wtll mite !t.s ~t:~m.e lie c<~n· 1\rmlf tuwc boon mndr 111 CIIIHlCtllnn wtlh the lncldcn1 .

---,..~--..~.-a _.,__....,.,.._, .

~~t~r tl'llrl em Paqe I~ .

iE$:kW U$S4I A ............----·· .

.

.

U nRII'VIUC '.IIO~EHCI:: 1\ ''(l'rdtdl~t'!l ,·hw'C'h 111 7't'IIIJ"·'"I'rrllltr' till!trtr ;, l\onrJitt1m;J/ d/,tr-;ct , .-\ mob hrwtltl(l rmtrchr1~1/Ml ''''" /liwllU\'Q ~~·~nt'l,< Jmywr.·t/lld .-lutrr·h lim· ''''''$ lrflcr 11:<: fl(tn{! rajr nf:1 litH otnr/ rrlllri; Oil f' !'fiN~/ Ill .

/(..VI/fl.JQflll. -PIIOTO; AfP .

; .

.

~-...r .

' ~· .

.

.

.

.

.·: .

~/ .

13/rf{/ZtJO g .

OAIA!II tho n,.lia.-ft ~ -----· · --------.

. . -w -~--.

------------·-----------------.

e·~messa!!e trom·Kashmik .... -~.

F,.te nds . .

tldt.l · ,mmsiSH~'\tJpohcy of appen~ernPrl 22/ 08/2008.

t and of -;u, rendcrmg before its tormentors has rcsultcd 1n genocide and ev.1cl10n of.

~,~-ctntiH~·.\lt -Vcdn: "hcritl'lgc~. t'l(! which was t-lin ir.:r-I :c:shmir, It ::; tr 19tc thill Kashrn1r, tt1c land of M~han<oht Kashyap, Lal1tadttya, Kol a Rani, Abhinuvagupla and Kalhan;.

m.:tol)l cmi::.ttrics hn:;,bcen ~mfv1e c1 l-lindulc"" reg1on. And to compound t-lindtt humiliation and disgrace, allotment of 40 hectares of.

clt:scrt~J \limd IJI'l .'fla_y 2008 .

'to ~~.

~1.

.

:Stmtr 'h<lS .been Cl'mccllcd ~hn Arnarnath Shrine Board to provtcle temporary <;hellcr for ptlgnm visiting Arnarnath shrine tn.:it>:::t!IIC!!'r.:m .a;:; .a by tht:' qovNnmcnt on July 1, 2008 due to violent prot~..·st':. from Kashmin Musltms wl1o celebrated the.

'1grt>at vicjtory". 'Ka~hmtn t'vluslim leaders have opposed the allotment of land to Amarnath Shnne Board on thea~r-urr.d grNttltl'thN ~l ~~ tt cvr '-Pi aq to reduce the Muslims to a rninority m Kashmtr. Stiff opposttton lo the said land allotment by'VIt:slim rr.:rJ~rlty '·.

f<:astlmlr s.."'nd.;; the ·p.(!rverc;e mcs~ogc that In secular India, Hinclu maJOrity ilreas belong to everyone but Muslim.

1"!'1~!Wiry amas tb(·lol'lfl .to Mu<;t1m~ otily. Amarnath cave, the abode of Lord StHvu, ~~ one of the oldest and most tmportant Hindu.

;'lllw.u:nage .:-cntr~ -.. t .-. situ.:i.lcd .:lt an alt1tude of about 4000 metres tn Kashmir. rt ts menJtoned tn ancie11t texts; and dates back ... ~ . ,n.

)_..._·,. !")a ._ .., ..

.... -~ "' (~ -...,..

S.:.::-tS:-c::r ..a:Q.:;. seh~:'eating .

.

1Ar;t:.:.·,.e ':'7") -o'f ,if"ld!~·'"l Con..~trtution negates the very concept of one united Tndta. This ArtKie is responsble for genocide and.

..

-e-~.iitt1~:.~n l1mir., a':> also for Muslrm separattsm. During L9130s and 1990c;, Paktstan~sponsorc.:d terronsts ktlled.

tilha..:s... -..::;~ ,Jf Hmdns ·fr"' ~-.a~"'rrtir, an~i drove out -.everal lakhs or lerronst:d H1ndus frorn Kashmir; and made Kashrnrr a Htnduless~.eg;:;r S rres:;tvt> govcmr.,~~ts h.wc done ,nolh ng to rehabilitate Hmdus in Kashmir; and to punish their tormentors. Tliough the.

U."'la.r!l-·'~... ·:-.~~ ..ary 22 .

H'Y4 .r.:S\>Inlion of halan Parliament declares Jammu & Kashmrr an rntegral part or India and demandsva.::at~~ of il." !i. !XI~~ptcd ~~')hrtlir. SP<.'Cial status conferr~d on Muslim maJor tl y JC~mmu & Kashmir by ~\rticlc 370 harl vin"""~ .

# .

F1icnds. .

11/09/08.

F1rst ot aiL w~ extend our sincere thanks to the student community for actively joining yest~rday's UGCMARCH. Du~.: to lh~: immense pressure mountcJ up on the UGC authorities by our prolonged struggle. UGC has.

conceded to some or our genuine demand<;. UGC will intensify its efforts to provide Maulana Azad fellowships to.

the minority student... al lhc earliest. A delegation from NSUl will meet A.R Antulcy. the l\ltinister of ~1inority.

Arrairs lo cxpcliitc the process. UGC has conceded to our demand for increasing MC!Vt fellowship~ to BA .

'MA.

students. UGC wtll ~cck all options to enhance the MC'fvt amount in consultation with the concerned UniYcrsity.

authorities. lnl<.:n~1fylll~ our ~;trugg.

land E.mpowcrmcul to ~ne, NSUI dclcgution will meet Mccra Kumar, Union i\1inister tor So~ial Jusrice.

lvc the trrcgularitics mvolvcd in the selection criteria and disbursJl of Rajiv Gandhi.

fellowship and ul~o to miliate spcciul fellowships to PH/VH students without any delay. \Ve have successfully.

br~ught this matter to the ntt<.:ntwn of HRD Minister also in order to tukc urgent steps. As far 3S the enhuncemcnt.

of UGC. fellowship is ~onccrncd. the struggle is yet to reach a logical conclusion as the enhancement of UGC .

' JRFISRF fcllow~htpr., ~md other fellowships such' as JCHR. ICSSR& ICPR fellowships arc also to be taken 111 to 'I .

account whi le m1tiating a substttntial ch~mgc in the l JG( non~plan fdlowships. NSLII is commitl<.xJ·to the cuuse .

1.

and will intensify the ongoing efforts tiil our demands arc met hy IfRD& UGC. .

~ .

t tI .

c Jai !lind!.

Sd.! f Bharat i(umar su Gen.5ecv. NSUI~JNU Harsh Vardhnn Shvam~ Sccy.. NSUI-Ji\IL ~ .

"~· 'l"lf'l'l'J'-am::--·w"'"1l''l".:~"'TTt"J1 ·~,n,.,,.-trr~p-ern'ltrr~r.n(lij· set~fl!' iJt me re"St M H'li'Jiil, Artef tFte:e riJe<l~.urc-~-..~re tak~n. no one will I·JcWe tflc"'.~::. · · : atiici!:<· f.iin~1t':! p1kJnrr~ Cil' ~-et)O('Ciq~ t<ll1~du ptlgr'iniage<; 11' Ka-;hmrr Much o~ the injury Hindus are suffering is setf·.

-fficterl 2cz;::~ of t~i;-.

. Cd?!~'~4~'itie;n·, before· tll·eir tormentors. They must remember shJok~a number 2.3 of Bhagvad~gf:t. .

f.c;r j..:~~fce tf'.:-(#o~l~: aU! pear.efJ', ccnstitutiona·l and lawful means, "Kiaibyam rna samil garnah Parthd.

""~ac:t<r..aC~lC! ,.

_,~apad-t..SSk H i5 ,nr.t wcr.thy. cf yc.u:te yiefd. ~o w~akness. 0 scor<hers of foes, shake off faint~heilrtedncss, and get up)..

rue aweat ~~ff tf.e N.stic-r.dfist, v~mccr.itic, Pto(,.ressive, Secular minds of Inc1i.l tq r.aUy behind ABVJ;» to pres~uris(~.

;;, !nd.fan Gc.ver'lU'lent tG' .

~a~p Ai:fic.l~ 3·.

:5h'r:ine:I'!Cm-1.11 t.c :Jrovrd~1~0 ..,d ·evok~ the of order of cancellation of the land to Shri Arnarnath.

-t~mpcr..n shelte· fc.r pik;rims vi~itina Shd Amarodth Ji..

. ' _$ ;p .

.· 5fd/· D:ebf!n d ra Saliu;, ~n:~;~~~i:r\11, AfN!fl, l'NI 1 .

Self~ Amit Mishr·<~, Vrt:c Pr<.7tknL 1\SVP, lNU .

~ .

==r==-r .

.

.

' .. .

.

a middle class employee afford to pay such high prices? Who will gain? Th.e n~cfear reactorsingleindustnuclearry in .

J America is in deep crisis. Very few countries are buying their plants. In Amenca 1tself not aer sector. But it plant has been set up since 1996! The Government says it has no.money to exp.and the pow et their plants rs prepared to pay thousands of crores of rupees to the Amencan nuclear . mdustry to 9 nuclear instaned in India for electricity that ordinary people can never afford! Clearly the benefit f~~ India's commerce will be the US companies. At p.resent nuclear energy meets onty 3 per cen according .

needs, which ls met largely by coal based or hydro plants. In the next twenty years even . h it to Government calculations of how much electricity will be generated if this deal comes th~~g ~will still be only 7 per cent of India's needs. fs it in the national interest to spend so muc or .

0 .

little? . · ents .

'While India should develop its nuclear sector as one of the many sources to meet 1ts energy reqwrem ro tt is equally important to ensure access to soumes of oil and gas. More ir~vestment is requiretl !'> exp ~e India's own potential oil and gas reserves. At the same time countries in West and. Central As1a a~e I e major centres for oil and gas. It is essential for India to strengthen its traditional ties w1th these countnes_so as to have access to their oil and gas supplies but this is precisely what the US does not want. Amenca bombs Iraq, threatens Iran and wants us to support it. Is this in the national interest? .

5. Mortgaging the Country to US Economic Interests The Prime Minister had signed an agreement in 2005 with America that will harm farmers' interests. Once the nuclear deal is through America will push for the implementation of that agreement. Under it a joint committee has already been set up which from the American side has representatives of the global .

footers Monsanto and Wai-Mart. These companies want to take over crucial markets like the seeds market and also agribusinesses in India. Wal-Mart is well known the world over for its rapacious trade practices, which have destroyed crores of small retail traders all over the world. In India over 5 crore families are dependant on retail trade. We are against the entry of FDI in reta1l trade. The Government has signed an agreement, which has permitted a representative of the biggest destroyer of retail trade to come into India as a member of the board. Monsanto. a company which has made billions of dollars by snatching away the rights of farmers to seeds, has controlled the world market for highly expensive pesticides, wants the same rights in India. This agreement will help the domination of multinational companies over Indian agriculture through patent and other rights on farm inputs as well as controlling the sale of products through.

the control of trade in agricultural commodities. .

A joint forum of representatives of Indian, and US corporales has been set up with a mandate to ''develop a strategic economic partnership" between the two countries. What is the partnership for? Certainly not to help the 77 per cent of India's working people who earn less than 20 rupees a day! The forum has already come out with a first set of 30 recommendations of which 21 are demands of us industry to open up the Indian market They want FDI in retail trade, insurance, education sector while.

opening up of the financial sector. .

Shamefully, this forum has been given legal recognition by the Government of India. Once the nuclear deal is through, American companies will put pressure on Indian Government for their demands. For the workers and employees of this country who have fought against inhuman neo-libe:alism. the pushing through of the.

deaJ will fead to much harder times. .

Today, the UPA Government is in a minority in the Parliament as far as the Nuclear Deal is concerned. By refusrng to accept the maJority vrew of the lndran parlrament, the Government of India sends a messa e whrch rs harmful_for lndran democracy. The UPA Government is perhaps thinking that the corporate med~a generated ·hype rn favour of the Nuclear DeaJ reflects the publrc oprnron rn the country. We would like .

rernrnd the UPA thatthrs hype rs berng bolstered by the same set of people who tried to champion the India Shmrng campargn dunng the NOA rule. The people of the country rejected the NDA and its India Sh' · .

10 .

campaign. The UPA must learn its lesson from this. mrng .

nis for an these reasons we demand a halt to the next steps to operationalise the deal. The deal is than just one nuclear deal. II is partof pus~ing through the US agenda in aU fields of concern to our pe~~e whether rlrs the soverergnty of lndra, the rnterests of common people, farmers, of workers or empt y p ' ~epeo~le of this country have a glorious tradition of defending lh~ independence of the country a~d·~~ nghts of its common people. Thrs time also on the so year of lndra's rndependence we have to u . demand from this Government-Do Not Go Forward With A Deal Against Our Interests lmpleme~1~0 Common Minimum Prograinme, Heed The Majority In Parliament We appeal to all st~dents of JNU reaffirm our commitment and legacy of struggles against US imperiallsm. We appeal to the d to .

community to unite against the fndo-US Nuclear Deal. u ent.

81.

Sd/-Dhananjay President,JNUSU Sdi-.

JYotsna .

Jt. secy., JNusu .

Don1 proceed wllh the .... Indo-nuclear dealn .

I! .

en .

c Speakers . .

I. VPSiJJUh .

c pr.akash karat.

.

Chair .

... otsa patnaik amarJitbur .

.

seema mastafa .

= mkbhadnlamar .

·-.

draahaoandan bscblmnev-Javadgboshca kamal mitrachenov .

.

= arts and aesthetics lawns (in front of the auditorium) .

22nd september {tomorrow) · , .

.

1 = .

.

; '-.

.

2:30 p.m. S nuclear deal, the majority of the Indian In the ongoing-national de?ate on the lnd~~ment, however, is still planmng to _go ahea_d Parliament is opposed to thiS deal. The gove . . opinion in the parliament. ThiS d~al IS with the deal giving sca~t regard to the m~~o~~old principle of non-alignment to being a testimony to a paradign:'atlc ~epartu~ fr~~-~ve th~t as politically mature stude.nts of ~NU. we .

trategic partner of US lmpenahsm. e. e I n this deal. We are conductmg a Signature.

= .

.

en .

:hould also take a position as abco~ec~~~t;:!~ ~the Prime Minister askin!J him as tht h':t,~ campaign within the students ~ a~ ~~h operationalising the deal. The basiS of oppos ng.

of this government not to go a e . .

deal is enumerated below: . .

.

·-.

... .

The basis for opposition to thisrc?::~eof the UPA . 1. A,:'!:~~ ~:,:eb~~:~o~~e~:~::~ ~~n~~i~~,;.~r~.;~~:;:~:~~:~~~~~~.

c .

.

!~~port~~:~~~~~!,~~~·~~~~=:f~:e:~:!~forei!!~"::::i'~~~:~=ing~=: .

.

= ~:~~~~re f~o~ theperstw~~~~~~e~)~~s'⭕~a~. Th? NOMP ~~L::::..::.

.

... Common Mmrnum rogr:a G ment in the followmg tefi'TlS. Wtll.

.

of the foreign policy of th:fUP~n~~~~~Y keeping in mind its past traditions. This . ._ will pursue art :ndeet~~:,:::,.;:wo~d relations and oppose~~~~=~ seek t~ro~~eg~vernment was being in~talled in 20~tllemerarlnited stat~Mf .

When e terence to strategic relations "''i' .

.

::~~~;~e~~~~:.~e"~!~:'Ro~.:~C:.,~~t .

.

i5 .

CD Indo-US relatlons,:ent ~Ill maintain the Independence Qf of; .

the UPA ~o~:r"and global Issues. There Ia no~ .

on an regao ith th . us However the UPA GovernrnelltJe-i!'.,;· .

.

.

partnership w e this impo~nt provision of the. .

circumvent and br.each dee ni India's strategic.

.

Government's poiJCY of pe ng .

.

.

.

.

.

.

-.

-.

« .

.-_,~ .... .

-.

Date 10 Oct 2008 .

~"it-0 mQ\$.31<t ~~ra%Tt ~~ .

While these political organizations spreading the . . venom of communalization and caste politics, JNU .

'37 ~~ ~' ~~ ~~ ~-" .

There is a. famous "story in Pancht"111a· tn whtch a administration is providing them a platform and -.

1t a .

monkeY takes over all the shares of quanelllng cats, mechanism to do so. ess .

in order to provide justice to th?m: Th~."'""key of The students arc being treats differently .

lnd .

this ~tor)' reminds of somethmg stmtlar ot our tlnle! -not only in admission and in fellowship, but .

nd .

is not it... the unprincipled, vote hoa~·Umg and vote also in providing basic requirement for ve .

hungry netas. Yesterday, thetr vtctll1"1S were non survh·a\. -~· . .

reserved caste, now they make spat wttht~ OBCs. A 90-95 % of boys and 95-100% girls bailing ) .

poor farmer's sons from non-reserved category I general . .

share . all facilities and spectal treatnteuts _m category have not got hostel till date, even .

admission, fellowship, and hostel allotment wtth_ ~ .

.

and daug~ters wtll have ~o .

after three months of admission. ~-.J.

La~u, Mula~ant In f~ct, those total 50% students who did 1 .

son and daughters of and .

tho~sands ~f ~·IPS and htgber offictals. Does not get hostel are all from general ca~ory. .

~~ .

not tt seem like UlS~mov~.· · b t clever ~o\tu of our . _Will JNU adroinis!J:al.ion elaborate it-YlhatJond.af ·- .a cn .

1 .

-campus;-whcrsoroetune::ta':-tr tc be-messtah·of poor-social justice is this? Will the ugly faced castiest and 1iS (,of'S.

and <'"'Y rersuader of J"~'ce-red chameleons are communal political goons A].SA, SFl will explainthis, .. .

N~'c\1.

why arrangement wanted? those.

remarkably silent over the tssue. . such they Are \c\\CSl .

Which OBC will get benefit of tbts students not entitled to a shelter? Don't they bave .

\ \ne"l .

funniest political m~ve? A.metro.c~ap right to justice... are they lesser human being who ' .

n\s "o\ .

or a poor boy from vtllage stde lndta· can live without a shelter or in inhumane condition . ..-.

=.of\ af\o .

Wbat kind of social'}llstice is this to put of a room with 5-6 people? Where is the equal '\O <)oeS conVent educated students and students opportunity mechanism now? Is penalizing non-from roof-less goverument schools? reserved students' count in equal opportunity1 Or .

Are manY oL .OBC having .income sufferings of these students count into the-. ....-1 .

around 40 thousand per month? And fulfillment of their hunger strike which was in -);)i\S1flg boW manY seats will go to tbeqt who are. support of it·f'11tional quota regime?? 3.

.

fl~efl no'" .

around the income bar of 4.5 la\dts?? But their answer is oblivious; want thesel .. -~s\lee¥-'fl{s -.

. they .sa\.\Of'.

0 03.

students to suffer. They want poor students to keel \telfll'.

Do all general category students have s 10 . more than 4.5 lal<b annualtncotne. . down and beg to then· To hide tbetr y~ar ong , \1\iCI ~ .

1 .

Interestingly the social justice. mafl_as_-the cunnmg failure, they are raising pity issues, whtch have -11'1 0 11\ln,ne leftist have kept the mum over this tssue. Not only nothing to do with JI'{{J or JNU students. To cover 11 tnou9~\Sol them, self proclaimed national parties like NSUl and this conspiracy, they are crying foul over each other, .fl eC~ j\" a the ,.number of students .from rJl~".l backg~ounv. ~m ,~\. 101.

for Equality wit! fight these wolfs and kic . t ule ifl eflga\1\Nl Don't you {eel cheated when you JOtned then· fake out of this campus in order to uphold the Justtce _e' colfllflun1\.'l\ll hunger strikes,On artificiaI issues? A11 students of and rights of the poor, to restore the stake of rural ces andIYi.

.

.

l_e~~ .

to "s poor, to protect the interests of poor and to ensure functional student uniotrand student bodies. .

JNU should join bands to fight for the rights of India in this university and have a truly o\\~ vsU, n~\J .

Manish Kumlir, YFE Representative that JNU shall not be a metro-centered university. .

Amit Srivastava, YFE Representative - .

-.

.

~ .

. ..., .

.

.

.

.

We w111 ensure mandatory centre-w1se fulfillment of SC/ST &.

.

PH quota We shall ensure English Remedial courses for non-English .

.

speaking students and take up the demand of submitting academic work. at all levels, in Hindi also. Starting M PhiVPh D. In Korean language is a top priority for.

.

us. .

We will ensure 24 llrs. Health Centre facility and increase the.

.

.

stock of medicmes, with the installation of other equipments like X-Ray Machine. as a top priority. We will take up the demand for a reconstitution of the .

.

GSCASH through the removal of politically motivated individuals m order to ensure the credibility of the institution We w1ll ensure immediate punishment to the communist.

.

lumpens for msultmg and demgrating Parliament and our Nat1onal Symbol We w1ll ensure Immediate pun1shment to the commun1st.

.

lumpens for sexual harassments that are currently gettmg protect1on from SFI-AISF-AISA led JNUSU. We will work for the rejection of the proposal to hike Fees in .

.

JNU and ensure the withdrawal of increase in guest and other .

charges We will work for the enhancement of MCM to not less than .

.

Rs. 2500/-per month and enhancement of the fam1ly income level for determination of MCM to not less than Rs. 1,50,000/-per annum We will ensure that Scholarship of at least Rs. 3,500/-to.

.

those M.Ph1l Students who are not getting Fellowship from any other source and to provide Scholarship of at least Rs.5000/-to those Ph.D students who are not getting Fellowshtp from any other source. We will work for increase in Financial Assistance for M. Phil.

.

Dissertat1on and Ph.D thesis to Rs. 3,500/-and Rs. 5000/-.

.

raspectiVely. .

We w1ll work to ensure academic standard of JNU by.

.

.

adopting a transparent recruitment policy and dumping the current system replete with biasness and favouratism We w1ll stop the JNU-Admn. from bootlicking of the UPA-.

.

Commumsts 1n the appointments of faculty. .

We will 1mmed1ately ensure student representation in the .

.

.

Academ1c Council and Board of Studies. .

We will work to check mtndless construdions m JNU and .

.

.

ensure the protection of forest cover. animals living in it and the overall environment We wall work for 1mmed1ately starting 24X7 hrs Dhaba 1n the.

.

v1C1nrty of Tapt1-Sabarmat1 We w1ll ensure alternate arrangements of electrictty and water .

.

supply on the campus. .

We will ensure incorporation of fire-ex1ts, balcony. ventilators .

.

.

etc. m the proposed hostel plans .

We wtll strengthen Equal Opportunity Cell.

.

.

We will ensure food quahty m all the dhabas and canteens..

.

We will ensure ban on Child labour on the campus and.

.

arrange the mechanism for their rehabilitation. We wtll immediately improve the connect1v1ty to.

.

Chandrabhaga Lohlt and Mahi-Mandavi hostels We w1ll ensure construction of a 2000 seated auditonum of.

.

tnlernal1onal standard. .

.

We will work towards the establishment of a Tribal Study Centre and Centre for Disabled Studies in JNU. .

.

.

We will work towards the speedy disbursement of fellowship for SC/ST students under Rajiv Gandhi Nat1onal Fellowship scheme. .

.

.

We will also ensure that the Physically Challenged students are also included within the ambit of Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship Scheme. .

.

.

We will also ensure the representation of Physically Challenged students in JNUSU, Board of Studies AC and EC. .

.

.

SCHOOL PANEL .

SLL&CS Alok Kumar Ashutosh Dayal lrshad Uddin Rahul Singh Yogesh Kumar .

SIS Bijendra Kumar Gayettri Dixit Sameer Pratap Sin~1h Vineet Chaturvedi .

sss .

Dharmedra Kumar .

Raghvendra Singh .

Rishikant Prajapati .

RahuiPandey .

Satyam .

.

Sanskrit (SCSS} .

Vishv Sandhu .

.

.

VANDEMATARAM! .

BHARAT MATA Kl JAI !I .

.

c :, .

Q \.

-.

ELECTION MANIFESTO 2006-2007 .

Por}I :Nationa{ist .

and .

CEffective J:NVSV! .

.

.

ABVP CENTRAL PANEL -.

President: Amit Singh .

Vice-President: Manoi Kumar .

Gen. Secretarv: Rakesh Kumar .

Jt secretarv: Pusp Ranian .

.

.

.

.

.

;: -1.11 .

'i?o ... :::»:: ., ·--. ·~-~---r:·' _, _......... _..... ·-----~--······11-~. ~ .,,.. .......,.,_."""' _..... --· .

.

.. ..........'"'1. _;:: ... ~ .

.

---.. ... l'; .

.. .

.

,.

··;_.. . ..::: ..

1 .

j !r ' I~I .

.. .

.

,. .. !I .

' .

.. .

:.! .

..... ~· '.

, .

:-~._.:__...,..~~ -...----~--..::,__-_:..,._._.__.._____ .·. , .

·. .

' .

.

------·-----.

. .

.

··~-~~ . ' ., ·t· .:~'1· .

·.,~ o' ' ;,~ 1 l.o; ;!f-~.,:"~~_!' .

WilY A!OM I! .U.NINC? PART-II .

An Insight into the~ Silent Demographic ·--------.. ~ . Invasion in North East India Towards Finding a Final Solution Kashmir will remain integral part of India .

Bangladeshi Hhushpethiyo Ka Kala Chhittha.

but will Asom remain??? .

The following are the select excerpts from a well researched article titled .

" Demographic Movements: The Threat to India's Economy and Security", .

written by Padmashri and former DGP of Asom Police and Border Security.

'h·'' .

Force(BSF) Shri Prakash Singh and published .

in an international journal Low Intensity Conflict and Law Enforcement, gublished by RoutledgeriaLondon in 2002 .54 2 21 42 2 5 5 Vi 1 _....M 252 .2 22I J 5 4 0 0 I d23 J .

.~-: :. .

:.-In the 1931 Census Report of Assam, C.S. Mullan, the superintendent of census operations, recorded the following observations: "Probably the most important event in the province during the last twenty five years-an event, moreover, which seems likely to alter permanently the whole future of Assam .

and to destroy...the whole structure of Assamese culture and civilization-has been the invasion of a vast horde of land-hungry Bengali immigrants, mostly J'Vluslims,from the districts of Eastern Bengal and in particular from Mymensingh. Wtlhout fuss, without tumult .. a population which must amount to over half a million has transplanted itself from Bengal to the Assam Valley during the last twenty-five years ...the only thing I can compare it to is the mass movement of a fa,rge body or ants." -:,.The Muslim cultivators were encouraged by the Muslim League government headed by Mohammad SaduJiah tn Assam ostensibly for the 'Grow More Food Campaign', though .

as Viceroy Lord Wavell satd, Sadullah was more interested in 'Grow more Muslims' rather than Grow more Food'. The availability of large tracts of cultivable fertile area in Assam was a great incentive to migration. .

:,... According to Sharifa Begum of the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies in Dhaka, nearly 3 .5 million people 'disappeared' from East Pakistan between 1951 and 1961, and that another 1.5 million possibly entered .

India between 1961 and 1974. The records of the Election Commission of Bangladesh also make an interesting study. In .

1991, the electoral roll of Bangladesh had 6,21,81,745 voters but, during their revision undertaken in 1995, the commission had to delete the names of 61,65,567 voters from the electoral rolls/ apparently because these people were no longer livingwithin Bangladesh. Again, in June 1996, the commission .

removed the names of nearly 120,000 Bangladeshi citizens from the country's electoral rolls. These people were not disappearing into thin air -they were moving towards the conttguousstates of India. .

. .

,ij:!~·· ESTIMATES OF BANGLADESHI IMMIGRATION TO INDIA BY STATE STATE .

NUMBER OF IMMIGRANTS .

West Bengal .

4 ,000,000 Assam .

4,000,000 .

Bihar .

2,000,000 .

Delhi .

300,000 Madhya Pradesh 3, 000 Bombay .

150,000 .

Uttar Pradesh .

50,000 .

Rajasthan .

10,000 .

Total .

10,810,000 .

Source: Baljit Rai, Demographic Aggression against India (Chandigarh: BS Publishers, 1993), p.75. -,..Abdul r-.1omin, former foreign secretary .

of Bangladesh, suggested that 'our bulging population might find a welcome inadjacent lands inhabited by kindred people. .

:,... Editor of English Daily "Sentinel", D N Bezboruah's_observations are telling: "The all-consuming problem of Bangladesh is its monstrous population growth and the rapidly shrinking ltving .

space for its people. And yet, it wtll do nothing to reduce this abnormal population .

growth, beyond expecting neighboring countries to absorb its overflow of population.And since Muslim personal law sanctions a plurality of wives, it has become virtually impossible for this theocratic .

state to enjoin on its people the need to limit their families. So it rationalizes this burgeoning population pressure and the resultant poverty with the most speoous and outlandish arguments about colonial exploitation and the conspiracy of more.

affluent neighboring countries to treat Bangladesh as a market for their goods without offering any quid pro quo. And all the .

while, all the problems of Bangladesh and its insidious expansionist designs are hung on the convenient peg of religion." ,.. The Election Commissioner, SL Shakdher, sounded the alarm bell at a conference of chief electoral officers of slates in .

1978, when he made the following observations: "In one case (Assam], the population in 1971 census recorded an increase as high as 34.98% over 1961 census figures and this figure was attributed to the mflux of very large number .

of persons .

from foreign countries. The influx has become a regular feature ...a stage would be reached when that state may have to .

reckon with the foreign nationals who may in all probability constitute a sizeable percentage if not the majority of populotion.

in the State.'' .

~During the period 1971-1991, Assam's population increased from about 15 million to about 23 million. Out of .

this, while the non-Muslim population grew at the rate of 45.39 per cent that of the Muslims rose by 77.42 percent. During 1981-1991, the three border districts of Dhubri (71 per cent), Cachar (56 per cent) and Karimganj{58 per cent) recorded a very high increase in the Muslim population. No census was held in Assam in 1981. ~The provisions of the notorious .

IMDT Act, 1983 (now declared void/unconstitutional or ultra vires by the Supreme Court of India in 2005 and censuring the lackadaisical attitude of both Centre and the State Govt andalsc:> condemning the Central Govt being failed to protect Asom from External (Demographic) Invasion as perArtcle 3~5) are ~eav.ily tilted in favour of illegal immigrants: (a) every npplicalion rnade agamst any person is to beaccomp~nte? by afftdav1ts sworn by no fewer than two persons residing within the jurisdiction of the same pol1.

.. .

ce stalton; (b) .

.

c .

the appltcatton shall be accompanied by the prescribed fee, and (c) the onus of proof shall lie wtth the compll:linant. 1t took .

away the powers of issuing 'Quit lndia' nolices, arrest, interrogatton.

.

etc. from the police and passed on the burden of.

1 .

I,..:Ji_i<.,.) .

.

.

Dale: 17-04-04.

JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY STUDENTS' UNION .

DEFEAT THE ANTI-PEOPLE BJP GOVERNMENT!! .

.

In another two days the polling for the next Lok Sabha e.lections will begin. The ru.ling NDA government.over a considerable period of time Friends, has started with their India Shining campaign trying to project their rule as the best that lndta has ever had. Nothtng can be further fromthe truth.ln )4 .

fact the NDA rule has been the worst for the majority of Indians. .

The last five years has witnessed innumerable atrocities against the minority communities. The very first year of the NDA rule witnessed the .

attack on the Christian community and burningof missionary Graham Staines and his two sons. At that time the PM of India insteadof punishing the .

)f .

memory of the attacks on the Christians was still afresh, the communal pogrom in Gujarat was orchestrated by the RSS-BJP-VHP with full .

s.

perpetrators of the ghastly attacks, asked for a national debate on conversion thereby giving moral legitimacy to the communal forces. While the .

them. The SC had to step in the Best Bakery case and have ordered a re-trial and shifting of the case from Gujarat. It is shameful that the :a INow even after two years have passed, the victims of the Gujarat riots still await justice, while the state machinery does everything to deny that to I"connivance of the Narendra Modi government in Gujarat and supported by acriminal silence on the part of the Vajpayee government in theCentre. .

government boasts of India to be Shining while the victims of the worst carnage ofindependent India are being denied justice. The NDArule has also .

witnessed increased atrocities against the socially deprived people of our country. The killing of five Dalits in Jhanhar by the VHP is a pointerto this In order to gamer support for its communal agenda of transforming India into a Hindu rashtra, the Sangh Parivar has to mould young minds .

trend. .

to their communal agenda. That is why the most significant agenda of the RSS-BJP in the last five years has been to destroy the scientific and .

.

rational education system and replace it with obscurantist courses like 'jyotishsastra' 'karamkand' etc. With this perspective in mind, history .

.

0~ .

textbooks were rewritten in order to give legitimacy to the ideology of Hindutva and banning anything, which tried to expose the fundamentalist lRV' .

agenda of the RSS. On the one hand the BJP has tried its level best to communalise our education system by changing the courses and infiltrating .

RSS persons in institutions of higher learning, on the other hand the government has also ensured that education remains out of the reach of poor .

and down trodden of the society by increasing fees manifold in most universities and having massive fund-cuts for higher education. The latest in the .

~ovemment's attack on higher education 1s the proposed Model Act,which proposes to do away with any funding and propagate Commercialculture .

.

govemmenl This is t1e government, which has most shamelessly surrendered the interests of the people of the country to the imperialist interests of.

Instead. .

The fund-cut in the higher education sector is not an isolated event. This fund-cut is a part of the larger economic policies of the NDA .

th~ IMF-vyB. In fact the government dtd not take any strong position against the US war on Iraq and was almost ready to send troops there-the ploy .

bel.ngres1sted by the popular mobilization against it. This subservience of imperialist interests is not unexpected from a government whose leaderMr. .

un1ts of our cou~try by selling them off for a song to pnvate interests. While the promise of Vajpayee government was to give one crore jobs ayear, nVaJpayee betrayed the anti-imperialist freedom struggle of our country. Going by the logic of IMF-WB the NDA rule has destroyed the public sector .

e .

un~mploy~ent ts t~creasing rapidly because of the policies of disinvestment and fund-cut. The increasing unemployment is giving rise to mounting .

SOCial tenst?ns whtch caf!le out most glaringly in the riots regarding the recruitment in railways between the youths of Assam and Bihar. There has .

~ ~een masSJve. fund-cuts 1n social sector subsidies-including the public distribution system-due to which the poverty and hunger of the people has .

T~1s was most evident in the tragic incident in Lucknow where thousands of women gathered to get hold of a Saree on Lalji Tandon's J .

btrlhday l.eadmg to a stampede 1n which 22 women died. Even after this the BJ? is defending its irresponsible leader and trying to hoodwink the .

peopl~ With the slogan of India Shining. Amidst the glossy posters of India Shining, the farmers are committing suicides because of the total coOapse.

'~creased. .

of SOCial safety nets as a result of the policies of liberalization and globalization. .

The BJP led NDA rule of the last five years has been the worst that independent India has ever witnessed. It can very well be imagined that .

tfthts government comes back to power, then the policies of globalization will be accelerated resulting m more miseries for the common people.On .

.

. . .

the.other ~an~ the BJP has started campaigning on communal lines and raking up the Ayodhya issue once more. The very secular fabric of the .

.

lnd1an pohty wtll be under serious threat if the BJP is re-elected. The need of the hour hence, is to make the broadest possible unity to ensure the .

defea! of th~ BJP in the coming elections. W1th this endeavour, the JNUSU is organizing a national convention giving the call to defeat BJP. It is .

organ1~ed wtth the perspective of giving out this message loud and clear that India is definitely not shining for the students and the youths and .

~ppeahng to all the students and youth of the country to ensure the BJP's defeat in the coming elections.We appeal to all the students to participate .

tn tomorrow's Convention . .

DEFEAT BJP CONVENTION .

PRABHAT PATNAIK .

SPEAKERS: .

NAMWAR SINGH.

VP SINGH CP BHAMBRI.

SITARAM YECHURY MUZAFFAR All .

.

D RAJA.

AJAY MAKEN & other political leaders TIME :2:30PM.

VENUE: JNU CITY CENTRE .

DATE: 18-04-04 (TOMORROW).

.

BUSES WILL LEAVE GANGA DHABA AT 1:OOPM SHARP .

.

Sd/-Sd/-Mona Das, Gen. Secy. JNUSU .

Sd/-Sd/-Murtaza A Ath ar, Jt. Secy. JNUSU Sd/-.

Ena Parfda, VIce-President, JNUSU Sd/-Jyotinnoy Bhattacharya.

Rohit, President JNUSU Sd~.

Sd~ Dh irendra B Singh Secretary, SFI.

Sd/-Madhumita Chakraborty Samajwadi Chhatra Sabha.

lnteshar Ahmed Shamshad A Khan Vice President, NSUI.

.

President, AISFSecretary, AISA .

._.

~ .

munaza A. Athar.

JNusu Jt.Secy., JNusu .

.

.

-.

-.

. "'{\=(.

/ -.

\~ 0I (acc of {anaticisn is now on etc< oisvlay. 1'1« rcnl cAuse of npvcnl (o' 0 UC rcs<<vatim is com i" c:.

\n the --------------.

ont. 'Yhc sc nsc of ~cstel interes< is pow«(ctlY dcOio;;.t rated on til< dead o ( ni&ht of 11 ~ o ( Junc !006. ,.-ben t"u-,.

reso\\J .

rose,~· :ti o nists out of sbee< {car aod {rust<a tio n tore and deStroyed a li{c si u b aor.<< o £ Youth for E.<tuai it y .

StudE: .

bcar i n~ the dctsils f R ungc< Stril« at the North Gate of J1'1U. We onus< in{o'"' to the student co"'ntunity tl.a< this .

\ he'f .

.

is not thc r.rs< incident { its kind-During innun.erabl< occasions tb< same groupo( ~ub-standard and u~d="·in;<.

unco, .

t"o-«''"ationistS 0 have wnpc<ed witb th< posters and 9ampbl<lS of Youth For £qualit~ at di£leren< hostels and .

On tt 0.

'otl.cr ,nblic places. a is absolute {oolislutcSS on tit< 1,arl o£ tho" sub-stalldard t:rours o£ people to bdi<" th~t .

the\r \ th<Y can do Y barn\ to our mo~eei< ~ < .

we\c .

.

; " or1in!<eio< activities they ace st.-cngtheninf. our CAUSC and also the belie! that hO!' .,,,des«Yit: th<Y ;< :ntl : .

NSl ! ho· the)' are motivated by onlY selfish interest rather than aY upb£tment of the do,....trodden. \Vc I<' vc . .

othE !complnined about this despicable ad to the securitY ollieinist..,. <ion and ,.-.. would also tike ·o i .

faCE \ co uastl those reallnferio< mo~:trey ~o_!'ot_d<S~~. seatia an instiluti on like JNU, n_ot to '!'""tio~ in n! !.

.

\ .

-t, .,.-hicb I , nta)" ultm\Otely olic< then< soDlethiut {or etr liVtD& pro"'de<l thl of politt. We would like to · .

(JS : ~·c.otio~li~tutio!'-"Th<Yijji.'ii£ tb!.-~~~n_o~~r in~~th . are v smart ~d ..Ofi .

e\e .

: in!orn those ondc:servin · e0'.,.d ""'"'c:tlthat we art goin: to ered not less than 100 moceli{e sit.e bantlC\: days. · artfcom tbis we are ol to rodut< this evcot in our fight against tb< Government the.

un1 .

yupren« Court by sayUl&111that:" · w kind of o e ou< ,......,auon s stesn as ec:tl -rut·~-. n ·" .

L)' -.

~......-.

, thd: act oi !Oily has only bee.~ streogthenincou<i< Eilorl<" are with us in .:o'ndesnnin this sub-«anda<d acL.

st A ,,.o·vcmS start! ogainst a snull piece of .,.nounccn>""' {rom the HRD n>ini"'l on a bo! sun>m« n> O"'· ·'··' ,dd Yolk d a ,nediCOS mo\'Ctl>ent. tben refr.tn>.:d os a ,iudclll' strugslo ' tin:dIy1t l10<' cun..o tn the '"'"''' :n.c ' ""··:. :_..

1 .

no"· "'o~l {rom .qu;u-c to circle. a much a\\':Utcl panctn (ollo"-od with U>e passin~ of till>e. ·noe sicl.ncss "' the ""nrtY in p,.tiolla3S be<" deciphered by tl< s«"" "' L~ .

e .

"-'d beyond. In "" epoch ~event the vi\lagcVC aJ<eadY bc<n sta«i a movemcnl dn<h pM-' ·, . .

c.

-.

. A l>d)' d<'ClOk Med>tal itc pu'l'o>>\;>Ult,. tO ·-<31 the u.=mbenl sovc<n«ICOL if it uiCS tO rul" \rdia b)' dividing \ndta ...: .l ;(,, ·~ncv of l3knt :le-eidc o suV?'-rt o' D~. ;:'~->' .; ·, i: ·. · ':"c~ > wlurIw >od wulVI\a~c) M.;~l,_,' ;: "' (_,-:·, · ( '"b"trJ.. Mel"''"-Ro\o.WO oo I L06.2u0-She ,;trock a chord ";tb ~>e appeal to the cmno """ -fau ""'" .pkd c~,, ,, ~ '"' ';:=n haoth main, A.b Haqano Jd kclJan Jd jog"' liD '"'q' aa ga,n hai 3lld the rcsponso w·.cS ovcl'd.elmoo. \\'' __ ..

.

lh~ '0..

·'".. .: .;·,.: >IS. students and other gcntlcn"Cl' in pelhi never d<:1cctcgn of poh"''-"'' "-hen < co"' _· : _ ·"""''"""' was pssccn of \Uf)-ana sensed the impending dar>&" and dfcOC ~·I»P"'cla'd.cns,;""" the ~ovcnn>>' ''"'' c."tc-~""" ,,~,' .

, . , . · . . . _ . ·. o > -. request >C govcmncnt to >0 >t u>o ',·.c , ..' . · · , ., ,.

·gcs ot ~..,-an> \O om> comnnttcc to en h>t 'ut'""rt hun" E ''",. " ",: th ._,, .

, ·· ... " ·' th"' '""her o:iuc..at10 1 "'"d t} \l · '· · d ·· t ;''_'~:.'1 ; ;:.:-~~d ~" 11« ~lalt>parl~C hcad to r<'lucst the" 1,1\'s :lJ'd '\LM tu ,.,,t.c I _u ., .. - .

'\\ f.

·-·-·-'"_tiJ,;:~trcqucsLSai\Lh "\'-· c the v ,, 'II b.: bo.cotn" · 1h.

, anJ · { lhe<f"' from the d«"'on o£ t.>P'"ha vat 1 ~ .

. -· .--.,rom us u>C" wtll not i.:S>l>'e <O '"'"" to c'"""c ""'wtO" .: the" dcnund< ··.c ,.,.· .,. · .

1.

1 ·'.·· , .. -.~I un:ncd,... tc cifcct An·u·tcnt ~ p anu· -. NO.·AttMS .,d Rohtal< Mcdcal ·Colk''· · · strtcd· '""'"_,..,."= ' ...--1·· ·· · .

1 .

:\.,per a ,._-c\1 d~m cd l OU I . - .. .

, 1 ·"-"'"1 uti't\,, o: l uuc on . _nd<:< tins plan studcnts \rom thcot: ,nsntu\CS tc,.-e ''c.'d' ..,_,. .ogt-.1 \l.:cth ;. , t'-"" ''0:''''_ _.

.

sa~'Cthcn3t.i.

.

Lvlll.::u..:SI\:.0 .. U . . . , . .. ·-""_.., .

: .. , led · The Uci " one <;:<orgnaturc belore Au~uSI I to be sub un ttcd tc the P<Cs<J,~t Ynb-"' Mt'.. . .. .

. m:.e >)stem. and sacP"'"""'·t 35.

.

---·'-'"\.. ... -· S""' ' bv-B--:3 cal · ""'0,Jdtc<Sn311)', ~U\:2. a.

.

1. ' -·-··,· _ ,.. _ '\ g·' \Ca st<U--tc,o-\CUC' .,. ' .. ,... . d . .'" the commg ac·c b""'' v· _,_....... . -,, ~ ....n.. -..

. _, s t.l. s cntenns "' second phoSe· 'rutin , ,,·--.. .

\ .

. . -t.l " ' states V>·L. · l''"" ~. -~ 1" . n;c-· ~ " . . . -''" '-'- 1C.: ooht1c:l · \;,n f · · · ... · -,. "" ""_, ·'" .

--1"":'- ·.-,n 111 o> . he< · Uttat pnojcsh. BdW. On 3lld · M , JI "'" ., ~ ~·"",, "·t ·.

11 1.

.

I .

s>< <C lndta ts II unf_e< Stnk< 3!C. G'-""· At ul. trak.-L. s;.hlh.,,,, .... Sh~ct.

.

-.-.. --7"'. ' .. . A s . n ess o ay 0 o~ to be n.ct SOU""~"" ht"' -~-. --··--· ...-.. --, , .

. . en S\tun£-on ·· ns-;5) '~"-t>l<!;-'1":t '~"" . ,, '"' " ,-o"".:cc.w--'.

! . ·-1:--'· lO .HC StlUO 0 t.1 \ s I D ( . .. . ----" -! II··,· · \'I . . · · 1-1 ' ' · . --".

.

.:. :.. . ·" ,.., .,..,ant,. ,.._.,th th" stud (5 S '. .

\ .

._~.:·...t.--: \..-. ,..., . _ ... --" .

.

.

.

.

''! .

~·· . .

........ .

.

-.l!iYenings of Films .Of 'P-· ~ \0 a \o\1~Ic\\cr 'o \1i>"'other. ;..

_...----~ .

warAI· -. .

, .

.

m .

.·1 .

. I .. Jt<\J entrance, c hanuU wro 0 .

.

· childhOod us · 1.

La'"' wri\i\1\l Ira"'. Odl\1.. . "' IqS9 . ~s \,e prepared \ Of ws 1 d.to be upset at the mere .

\.

.

tellingher: , e ·and erftaps that's whY, smce . ·' beln and your being iS sor .

'I" trolll of )'ou, I Jtave ItO sh"' ' p ... I can 'I imagine su.ch a tJung· IJY g tl . now mYstrength wtll .

.

J ' . routtd· even 11 o" with yot<' streng ' .

ughl of you 1101 betng a . be sad. WI"' was a bOY I grew liP .

of illevi1ablt laW Jot nre...Ne~e. r din )1'1\J. he ietnarll _{~·:till elil' sensiriv<'' 'concerned .

The Iill' ofjh!:llisse c.: Jrvo ur o1 rlr power u ng"" . based on caste or gertl er..

fo ·· will be oppressW(.

.

becnu<" '' . espose. d rlreir b"'' '"tic social order wit'" t ,ere1 assland ponds, etc ...)' c1range.

1 .

.

rttovetn"' was Jor a democra t e use of publjc/comlfl" property gr ' ' 11 alSo asserted tit demartd Jor. h resolution to the lartd probl"'" .. .

. 1(\ !'leend }\aratn Jl)P leaders startdS .,:posed. TlteY in land relali.O'tS' alld a revotu.uortary.

,;.cI'J'' frO'" th article \\atyaron .se ,a Bihar ,4drl1irtiStrafiOI1 and ~D-d n backwards and ,unorilie.l .

.:... Tht nO:US betWeen dt< Ranveer ro~;heir own base, wh~le the unitY of a;:;~rose killers who indulge in .

are becOmiltg iller"'."'~~ '(:,t{~:l~adership. TitiS iS beconung a n~gtt~:'.,~[~r, a»d In tit name of rl iS.;It~y.

Is growiltg rltal too '" . . !arm aboul a civil war' (caste war ." well rltat it iS a class war an t. iS .. bloodsltect.. Tl_'ey are 1.

ra;~~»!t":;,.~ mJlilrY assault on crl(rJL), kno~'~g{;~f the diStiltctiv feo.Wre of lnd~"-.

ar ilttensi.IY'"g tit po' ~ ThiS w!U not onlY break (he strange d l (ons to giV birth to new soc!D .

Joel can't b hidd" Jor .ong. bUt will aiSl end all feudal Ian re a ' t " .

feudaliSfll -"""'ely caste~~:::::;!tiS Ranveers' are terrifted at rh iS prospec ... r\1 I991 economic relallons. Lalu . M,\nlster D Gowda. on \IIMA.9son did not ore. s"· e d he\f'S M,ot\'IOf tO \'r\lne . . . gic demise' of m'J son. '! ·0 1\C OiO ""' .

.

of cnan ras 1 . . \1 .

" Mr. Pritn M'n\Ster, . sa ou ore de?I'! r,rie"ed ~'J \ " tra, . \IUouOOi"....My son wa> ""'rtyro ..

.

f,~cerl't {rotn t\1< t.etlef .

"''" ~' o d r son has een ~ h w your\ ~o\. ,your..\\ ·dle\ter\n a \,re·l'h"'"""and oan~ dra.,.,yf\ ...'/hY"ou . ~"""y '! I'"'" . ' '""n"".'. Y. ""'I"' ''"" MI S\Ia -. 'o ,,·\lied and wno, what's more. .

di< in anY accident\ d tnonY· for a tnother whose ea one "eed. one reques\ -t ro ..

their ho .

.

'f\'lat'S ,hy it \s inSU,,inl!, for tn to oe ~ff~~can oe thai \he"iIler be ?un\Shed. I na",·t~~I~l,oot him ocad...'{ou can \<ec? \hIS .

attend .

Judum, th Wiler is the onlY conso all . '"e ?eo?\e ,ne nll'.

.

\<,nO~S VI~~ h ~u~din ~U\ of ti\C {of\rcss', eit\ler \lan\l ~IT\p~C~ _,it\1 ner child'S t<i\\CfS· \(auShalyaDe'\" .

Maoists . Bhi\(ari 'Tna\tur, an e refrain fro 'co\1'\?ensatOt')' cne(\\l dn 'lias at\ enfuus\ast\C .

dar\lnll a a , e of one lal<h· ]'lo tnotllef can tna e 5 .

. h was on the B\IOiPur\ fo\ldent and cnttc o .e to bitn bY biS close friend and {orrnr . \)n\vers\t)', ]'Iarmada and ruling \'\ere is an eJ(.cefPI fro~ a t~lout us detnocrac'j in '6\\\J, fT\l pune. )\\lgarll ti-lA.DA Cotnmittees, .

rights grou .

",.StrUggles against pnvatrsatronor for c~:~otinthet<ortb cast. r\utnanRr&h\S grou?:; ~asan ine'itable ?'"of .

have cond---....\ .

'Sac\lao A.ndolan. tno"etnents:~rnst~~:dwotnen at Mu.affarnagar -cnan~ras~~~~responsibiII\Y of Ii"l:.inll'l'c .

We must nprrl .

the protest against t\le ra? o \\~rat\' ocr in \nd<?endenl tnd\a too~up sue' a.

.

Judum. The I f :ns If an'! one stuuen ca . cnandrasneltbar.. . d.

all these? at or' . . h all detnocratic tno"etnents. ''was . d. nel<har tooll d 1ne peasant tnO'emen · .

Having laid \he oun . s· \'lis dreatn was to s?rea . 1\ ' als students and worl<.ers tn .

A judicial enq .

ca?ital of all tnose "?enen~es\~ ~:~~;sation of the urban middle claSS. tn\esoe~~'J ~eoften in'itcd ?rotninen\ .

also by the Sa .

\O eastern \Jp' to effec\ ~ road ~ecisi,e turn to the balance of power '"dc'"\o? \\1is .en\\re re&io" as a tnodeI o .

(For a detailed .

~er \O "ive a revolu\roll-"Y an ~~~_.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._..--.

. .t Siwan. \'le wanted to -:eve.

comprismg PUCL .

oru " l\1.\'fand elsewnereand an eJ(.atn?leto ""[ot o\her par\S of lndra..." sec~ p.tSA. Jt.\ll.

c\t\2ens ·\n patna, De · _ G .

.

sd/-Satya Venka re'~olutiona'l' Qetnocrac .Sdl-p.wadnesh. en. .. .

\ .

slddhardh · president. p.~SA. Jt.\ll . , .

t .

.

sdl*sat'/a \}en\<.a.

.\ .

·' .

.

.

.

.

STUDENTS FEDERATION OF INDIA-ALL INDIA STUDENT FEDERATION .

An Appeal to the Students of School of Languages, Uterature and Culture Studies .

The state of affa1rs within the SLL&CS has presented an extremely sony picture during the last one yeat. At point of tine when the entire campus 15 reapmg the benefits of a vibrant, and progress1ve students' movements led by the outgoing JNUSU. 1t is extremely unfortunate that the studenls or SLL&CS are havrng to reel in complete isolation. The ABVP councillors, who have utterly failed to give adequate representation to the genume demands of the SLL&CS students are fully responsible for the deteriorated academic and political atmosphere within our school. However, the progressrve and democratiC rrunded .

/ sttJdents' of the school are no longer willing to remain silent victims of the irresporrsibrlity and inaction of the ABVP. Thrs was evident from the r~oundmg defeat suffered by the SLL..&CS Convenor's Report at the annual school GBM .

. . Why did the Convenor's Report fall? At this JUncture when JNU rs facrng one of the most crucial elections, 1t IS mportant for us to anal~se the reasons behmd the failure of the Convenor's Report and wtry the students of SLL..&CS feel the need for a change. The JNUSU, hke any other Students Unron .

The JNUSU. therefore, dcnves 1ts .

was not conceived as a seat of power but an Ot"gan to articulate, unete the ptudent:s end claim for their genuine demands .

power from an .

.

active involvement of each and every student, and 1! Is the responsibility and duty of the representatrves to encourage and onsure !~err .

democratic platforms rather than strengthening.

involvement But unfortunately. the ABVP councillors have played s deplorable role In destroying the venous .

them .

.

1he Student Faculty Committees (SJ-Ca) have been aysternabcolty daacouraged from functioning The SrCs are bodtes which provide the .-cope .

'" gr ve.

for a healthy tuctont--toacher rolotlon hlp to ensure u more meaningful ecodernic curricuiH In each centro. The throttling of the SFCs has 1'6GUiled acodernlc problema like tnRdequalo faculty s trength. .

tmproper labrary fncllitl &nlong other 1ssues. and outdated syllebt Tt,..e exast:a a trnendoue. dtSJContont .-nong the e tudenta about course content& nt vorlous eenn-... where tne syllabi bear no re:sernblance to tho ~xt~tlng eocio~cultural conditions_ This rn .

k-th ar .

educ~tlon h'relevant In tho pr~nt day ~ld. The ConvenOf" end hto team he9 raUed rnteerablo lO utilise the 5~provided by the SFC. to t#naure n 60¢l&lty rlvunl eeadernlc currtculn "' the echool .

1 he Board of Studlee r;. body \Nh&f"e the fnculty parllelpatee in dncu-lon to fT"arTlo thu ecedernK: curricula In the c:hoot. Though, th& .

..t1ng5 \~\tare martle tho m1nimum requlr-en"lent ..at by th JNUSU conRtlt:trt1on B ut thu Conv.,;.nor. chose not to re.ponnd to h1s eolector!Rte I h1s:a d1Gr~d ~nopoated ''' the ''nruty.

o requiton c.,_lliny for a .

c~e In tt' e AnnuAl School GBM In ct~rotett.au"'pt to mut th voice or prot..t ot th students. \Nho ult11T1Cirlely ~feoetect th .

sc:onCJG ercbted by the AH~ Convanot 'e Report 1 h o cc:trnplah::t dler~t ot th G[)M prove thlr bhorn::tnCEt to\Nnf"Uity to th tuduut cornrnuntty J""urtt-u!U th AHVP counulti<.M'f'll eon~ttf"1Uy f'DIIad lu p.-tlelponto nnd mott~b.n th .

dornocrotio tho. of publl n"loot.no-. dernontr..tto..-.., ODMo, UOBMe. dtscu-totus &rt<':t ~ Tl"'~nkA to thm wa _.. et tht:~~ brink or lo~&o~ng thc-e t:~~lt"'oe \Nh~h ta ~..ted """ttl th na.T~ of JNU , ht ye._...-'e KAIIOI \NO!a orgnniBed In 8 .

ch.Qotk:: ond nn extren"'etoly hlghhnndod mnnn_.. In \Nhlc.h lntCX'TTlation ~Withheld not onty n-om the:" mtuden but tht:l' CO."niTlltteo m..-n~ ..s well K&IIOI ~utth~od -..,. .

tool to fvnhor cert:aun pot1Uc81 lnt.-o.n. T ho hiyh I&V81 ot p...-ttcapabou In th.. KaUol .,..,ant. provA Any B1.l~npt lO U84 thtA ovnt far n81"f"ow poltt:Jcal gains he to bCill .

tht u,..., e tuclents of SLL&CS -k ._ proper ~-for _...uculaUon ot tt"'r oulturet excellenc:: .

end wtll ~trongly r~r:ca~t~ .

Tho isoft.i~n of SLLa.Ce f'rorn th rt ~f" the caoi"Y\pu· .

.

VVhn pieced agatn:ijit tho glonoue echl.v.....,ont:A tn tho e:tudenta movement. I~ by thg .

t &CS hs fron"' the c..-npue C_..tiwr thle 881Y\-ter, tho ..JNUSU led e htetorte .-gU..Uon """"'k:h ......-.ong othcn thing dom~nd&d Ten'tpoaary Hoatol F-.cilltl.,. for an out&Uiltton etudonts ...nd the reoonatltutlon or tha Oe.nder Sen..h lion and AnU Sexul H.,- ...,.....ent corTnTnt1aa It iu c:on·u-non kno\Nie<JJerlenced pereonnc-1 .

It caii.O for the revOking of th "trenely objectionable ·eexu 1 ht!WU1i11BtT'ient 1"'llrnl'"ntt1.-· In foct, thor ubuunca at three consecull'l.fo councl .

c onstituted by tho ad'nir"llstretlon 13ut. our counc::illore f'ron"l thu ADVP failed to paM.cipato tn ther agitation .

n~..ttng🅰 hu,c.J...-ed U"'e agitation tn a maJor W1!'tY .

Instead of fue lling proyr-e~~iv""' id8ology. member of this ~nleaUon hoa indulgod n .

.

ac::tu W'hlch have blacknod tho ruce or SLL&C:-; Act:e; of' ..-.ggir'tg. \Aihlch Ia &ton to .JNU cultur. \NI&I"e reported In tho achool thr.:-yet' And none of us c::on forgot the lliilt"''oeklng anctdent of c-.tetlat vtolenc on th .

S IS .

convee1ur .

f nenda. no longer cn _. be cornph:~cent to the wteady brodlkdown or the SLL&CS This NChOOI hae had a .

.

hltonc role in building up the .JNlJ t::ttho6 .

end we need to onst,.ra tt:ft conUnut~tnee .

Tho SFI-AI~F" "ct:ks n-otn you a mondat in th CCrTtlng JNUSU elections on .

.

13th Novewnbef .. \I'Ve e-.k to ~.-tlculete tho genu1ne dc:nnund of t.t1e .

SLL&CS Rtudctnts .

1 Ernpo\N&f'TT\ent and r...vibllisatlon SF-Ca 2 Revision of ayllab1 n vnriou:.; centre 3 Immediate fUlfilment of vacanc:le to .-educe the unbalance in t_,aeher·a tuc:tent ratio 4 Ra1s1ng a sb'"'ong protost agotn t the di9Cnrninotion ogtllnst the Urdu languogo & res Breh 5 More allocation or run~ towards in~tructur-o ltko-claearoorn. furnlture.l!S, student· COfTVTlon room, depertTnental libraries nd other needs .

6 Tolephone facility within the school. .

7 A b-on pDrent and collecbve organisatiOn ot Kallol .

.

We call on you to ex~ise your recponsibitlty towarc:hi arhe SFI-AISF ts the onty platr0f'1Y\ whtch can defeat tho anti student poltcies of the ABVP .

Vtbr8nt and progreSSIVe acadtH'niC ab'l'lospttere In SLL&GS .

WHEN POLITICS DECIDES YOUR FUTURE, DECIDE WHAT YOUR POLITICS MUST BE LONG LIVE PROGRESSIVE STUDENTS' MOVEMENT .

SCHOOL PANELCENTRAL PANEL .

AGHA MD.ZAFAR HUSSNAINVIJOO KRISHNAN-PRESIDENT BIRPAL SINGH YADAV.

SYEO NASEER HUSSAIN H.-VICE-PRESIDENT .

MO.ZAHIDUL HAQUEHIMANSHlJ--GENERAL SECRETARY RAVINDER SINGH RANDHAWA.

ALBEENA SHAKIL-JOINT SECRETARY USHAKUMARI .

Sd'-.

Antl Mathew Verughese and Atulan Guha; Central campaign committee, AISF-SFI JNU unit .

.

.

.

Z30Vd NO 030NUNOO .

s, oo"uug "Y"JnOH n O\td NO03nNIJ.NOO.

.

.

..''''"""!" /CJOf 'UOHOWOI "'odop01 P>fn 'I""»d"""(I"'!JI ~.

.(q PO!nom pue pouu Cfd ·P'4"'"·" w41 JO >Wos I ·»p)auue'lllll s pu, (/a>!UCipow) p "'ll·»dsc.n "'~4' 1041 ""4' '"'J u!-uo!sslwwo"41 ; 'I"B '"odxo JO l·'"'d '.'·'II!Wiuo"4.L.

01 '>08 4>!40 POl'>I/OJ ~Q p>U!Waxa uooq IOU PU4 , 'lf8Uis lllluaw'1"4' P'-oauooq "4""'PI"/IUo pue .

I ~UM/"lf 01 "OdoJ WUOIUI 'POI'"I'"!)II U>ps '.tie~ uownoop .

'JU,P<~--' ·.

IU~P!JJnIIoqlUOlOU~UOS.

uo~~J~ ;!l(l JO """l.(fU/8W 7 ·..~li----. n " P101.J 1,uoa.

burr-1 ~~tretp i 'W U1 suoneoBA a,.,\llS'Bl '4l!!3p,. S"eM :lJ~4.L "lS'Bl.

· '" 'ON .. ~ ,~ ."e:lU;lW\{ Ol.

~ , ~ .

~· "'~lq.IUUOS3P JDJS.

·llnAlaA ~U!'Q"l:lW -:m U! nteA un:>!J;lW\f,, pUl:! at£L s,uoueqd'] '3leq~p-oaocb;)paJoln . U3:>S 1 ·II! ~t:{llOJlcfwall I1 SUO!l'BN p:>lfUO 31.!1 dn01~Ot!tp ll lOJ i .

lm!Jm!JOtpne pu-e.

01 .\pc:u u~;~,, ~~pe.oow:>pJOU~~ .

u~~:r],.

~WOOSUO~!~!f.

~U!d04 lmS tD1J J NEW DELHI FRlDAY JANUARY 21, 2005 -nUU! 3l[1'suO!Je:>!JdW'! qlJOJSV1!·UOSJ~~PfedCJ~ :811 I:>JO]:lJ3ql pue be.IJ. .,u:ntOJI.

8\ll.

~~ -pet l ~'i!S0!04M41 JO suo~ .

J .

-5 IUO:>"f!Outilm .fwlt ea.

IDpa~jlJIUOJi)(/ Ul.

.

'1H 'fU02 >(U!J{J S,d.

Cl puvclJ1/ OL(W) OJJll.I3J.

.51 81 ?~~atJon-Wlde) lSlOt:W ::141. ·uoue.J.

i.OlpJO]Je A. urgent need for men and women ofcharacter, without caste or 1 tt_L'iJUSt not abl:_T ~8~SllSUlpuew~p51 .

se.\\WJ?~.

11:!~~lJ!'WOOTS1 Ill oentsuPP'?n. v.lON 1~T~P(vnNpe~u).

the campa1gn ot 1 3 ~41 uo.

1lP\UllJ~;lqlhq -· ') 'J creed, to keep alive the spirit ofthe Constitution. Yet, caste u.l.

P;l!-~nlUOJ :lq \l partyhasbuton- ----41~¥.~1 l ·UOJOl .

nationalisms have led to rule by popular toughs and created a.

:~tp SU!Jnp awOJ. groupwhichit·_n,stoew asatedaN~!lll1 v.:nn uc I splintered society which cannot withstand assaults on its rate from, that 1t , ---~~.

I.

BU!MOnoJ rrn1 ~ and at loggerhete8 alU liSapeJd.

'~.freedom. Excerpts from the Nani Palkhivala Memorial Lecture: groups.The'eletAO peajds tSaJOj.

'!Pt!A{u:>ppns;.

-mw lSpereddS 'o the onewhosee!u -uoo ;,sne:> prnot. ofmy reflections thereon. On 26th groupbehmd ruJ N~111S! recbN:Jo~OeJI FOR THE 11 January1950,lndia will be an inde-1 1 bring people to" V ...

·4UON poe tlleSS peodcntoountry(Chem). What I oontra.I).A pers. lUlJtffiW J:llJlO 4 I that constitutes 1uas wouldhappen to her lndepen-population 'strat.

lfOOl ·~~q1t(cJnOJt{l dence? Wtll sh~maintain_her lnde-1 ..

RECORD.

uoq 341 t(tinru41 pee pendenceorwillsbelosen purpose-t?br~ :,..~.

l8percentmto.

q.U. Ol Stl:l.reJO Atddn.\!Jp Ol :>!q-e Xl l exhilarating moments since asuseful; itsarrangementsare fullof orwill theyplacecreed above ooun-.

semll(l~lc try'? I donot know.But this much is.

l! 'A.nunoo 3lJl }' saultIndependence.agairu.t freedomA dctenninedhad beenas-1 wisdom andorder.and its defences.

arc impregnable from withouL It certain that ifthe parties place creed.

~tfl 8uore :>tfleMS 1.

.

'lpq~N3qlU hasbeen reared for immortality, if above oountry,ourIndependence.

pushed back...Butsince that fateful will be put injeopardyasecond time.

J1341 3Jt:!P!l0SUOO encounter in 1975, the state ofIn-1 the workofrrum mayjustlyaspire to i and probablybe lost for ever..." more"di:.mm .

'3~31SS:>.®lOJ · dia hasbecome progressively ~ucha title.lt may neverthel~per-one gets one .

3.\ffi{ kl'ql ~treAf weaker. Today governments arc ~in an hourbythe folly, orOOrruj>-Headded anexhortation. of urbanisation-r.t.

tion, ornegli&rence ofitsonlykeel>" course: "This eventualitywe must.

.

itl!~Jdm A.::ltp 1 riddled coabtions. Therefore. they aU resolutelyguard against. We 1 inevitably follo~).

· 0.

·:.wJW ~N:>l(lJC just cannot mount an out-and-out ~::rs, the people. Ri!publics are thesewere erdSir.

created''-andhere DrSinha must be determined to defend our.

3ql Sims 3lopJ:>t.p assault on freedom. And so we feel we used to read .

.

a.

(,J:>oueq'[exl!l-our freedoms aresecure. But hav-looked up, and told the assembled. Independence with the last drop of I dredwayscaste\1.

ing muscle to withstand an open members, "these are thewords ourblood..." And this exhortation solved.ButinI which Icommend toyou foryour was greeted with acclamation,.

assault does not shield oneagainst 'Cheers',states th~t Record. (ibid, 1 politicians have.

slow rot from within. I oonsideration"'-·'bythevirtue, I able togo to the.

25 Nol'ember, 1949, Book VI, Vol-1 publicspirit, and intelligence ofthe tuneX,pp977-78). record ofsetvice.6 they hawstoked-----------.;l I tities, they haveato them, andpresas tbeonlyavnilaSo.even that I . _,· democraticarch-tion-isdeepenii1 wiU soonteU on fr I sosplinteredwill1.

standuptoanaU-~.

11 detenninedtoenl1 regionafterregio-.

---.:·:.__.

I luu:.~AdwWD.. _ _ .

ue;~rs;eursawy 9PISUI.

4~ .

.

.

.

Hll BHARATIYA VIDYARTHI PARISHAD UlBVPJ .

Mark sheet of the Marxists on NREG Act. .

One Year of NREG Act: Exposing the Leftists' " Pro-People" Rhetoric vs Ground Reality! .

UP A's own Report Card has found the REO COMRADES as the worst performer!! .

.

Friends, 6/10/2006 .

In our campus the Communists of all hues-SFI-PSU-AISA-DSU-AISF-DSO etc. (now like to call themselves as the LEFTists but give Red Salute with RIGHT hand clenched fist!!) are ultra-vocal shouting "Employment to All" and project themselves through their well-oiled propaganda and dogma indoctrinated cadres as the ultimate saviour of the poor and the economically downtrodden class and caste. Their opium concocted shrill voice and usual rhetoric apart, Govt of India's own report card ,has itself distinguished their ideological nakedness vs. their performance in their own ruling States. Considering that the handful of Marxists have already lost theJr ideological battle tor an "ideology that wants to bnng the ent1re world under the1r authontanan control but. I(Omcally, now in lndta kept themselves to m 1t's two corners VIZ West Bengal and Kerala Both these States have lost the1r earl1er glory and resilience, where the rule by the real Proletarians has been replaced w1th the rule by the Potitbureau!! .

The Leftists, especially the SFI 1n our campus claimed that the enactment of National Rural Employment Guarantee (NREG) Act as a ugreat achievement" of the1r parent party CPI (M) supported UPA Govt as usually taking the credits for so called good things to 1tself and g1vmg failures to rts own supported Govt and thereby ra1smg the1r "intellectual hypocrisy'' to new herghts!! Comrades like their favourite Mata Sonia like to ENJOY POWER without RESPONSIBILITY --taking credit to themselves and putting all the blames to poor MANmohanll But they tail to explain us why the Leftist ruled Kerala has been found as the worst performer in 1mplementmg of the scheme which both SF/ and CPM never tired of listing as thelf ·b1ggest achievement'' for the1r so-called struggle for the poor. KERALA is among the worst performing States as far as the Act's implementation goes, but nevertheless thereby we claim that the BJP ruled States are the top rated performer but ofcourse, better than the Marxists ruled ones. Here, we have tried to give a factual account regarding the NREG Implementation Report Card of the Mmrstry of Rural Affa1rs, Govt .

of India . .

.

Districts Covered .

No of Rggistered.

STATES .

JOB CARDS .

Applications .

ISSUED .

6 .

915017.

GUJRAT(BJP) .

78740 .

~ .

-------· .

Madhya Pradesh(BJP) .

18 .

10814035 .

3598809 .

JHARKHAND(formerly BJP) .

20 I .

2594653 .

302902 .

I .

ORISSA(BJD-BJP) .

19 6104562 .

2226626 .

1 .

ASOM(Congress) I .

7 .

2.96 lakh. .

57,790 I .

KERALA(CPM I~ .

NIL (0) .

2 .

NIL (0) .

WEST BENGAUCPM led LF} .

10 .

27.2 lakh .

13.4 lakh -i .

-' .

[DATA as on Sept4, 2006] .

(SOURCE: Ministry of Rural Development. Govt. of India) .

.

.

.

.

.

Some facts about NREG ACT 2005 .

.

.

Jean Dreze a Belgian economist, who is currently with the Delhi School of Economics. 1s the ch1ef author of the scheme. .

.

.

According to the last Census, 72 crore (720 million) people lived in rural areas .

.

.

Currently it is said to be around 7.8 per cent, u nemp.lo yment has been rising in lndia Thrs has led to a migration of huge numbers of people from rural to urban areas With over 65 per cent of India's population under the age of 35, the country needs to create 6 crore (60 million} jobs over the next five years to prevent the unemployment rate from gaining unmanageable proportions. .

.

.

State governments, Panchayati Raj instrtut1ons as well as NGOs would be rnvolved m 1mplementmg the law .

.

.

The minimum daily wage had been pegged at Rs 60. .

.

.

The UPA government in the Budget for 2005-06 had raised the allocation for the Rural Development Ministry to Rs 24,000 crore (Rs 240 billion). .

.

.

The NREG Act will cost about Rs 40,000 {Rs 400 billion) crore annually. According to another est1mate. however, it could cost about Rs 50,000 crore (Rs 500 billion) annually, or about slightly less than 2 percent of GOP. .

.

.

.

The rural development ministry currently is allocated Rs 24,000 crore (Rs 240 billion) annually for all 1ts schemes. To meet the total cost of the amb1t1ous scheme. states w111 st1ll have to shell out Rs 4.000 crore (Rs 40 brlhon). The rest of the Rs 12,000 crore {(Rs 120 billion) assumrng the total cost works out toRs 40,000 crore} m1ght be rarsed from other schemes whose allocat1ons may now be merged mto thrs project Finance Mrnrster P Chidambaram says that the government wtll meet the requ1rement for the JOb guarantee scheme by ( 1) Normal rncrease rn budgetary support, (2) Savmgs from exrst1ng employment schemes. and (3) Add1t1onal allocat1on m gross budgetary support to states .

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

D:iu:rloa cnT CfiatM cnR "$ '1ttlGi ~:uq~ ~: JNUSU ~~di$d ~EC ~~I'I'd ~~rQl~T --qney, -wT, ----..--c-. .

🅰.... "({{ 51~11~Pf ~til~ ~~ft~IQ\c ~3fR 3tic:h'1 ~'511\itd ~~~cstJt4 ~. 3f(if ~41ti ctTit ~m~. JNUSU .

~Cfit~11 ~~~~EC~;r ChCI~ 3ltR~~~'est~31qPfl BAtH '4f~t.311'51 61~d <:f6tfcn YFE .

~~CEC cnl-q,l;r~ ~qcf)) ~~~.EC ~~3iqs:tH ~~Rici:JGR cfit.rt? tilth ~fcf; SFI-AISA, Ri;?i~ ~ .

CilT 3dl Cfi\~~t~R11<ihs ~~SPHI~H cnT dlc:tidC4( cst"fllll t. SFI-AISA ~Grievance redressal Cell (GRC) ~ .

Ciif~ ChCI1 eti~cl fJfi<rr ~~3.-~4 ~@dU em "1Hd FrrT lft~~cfrr4i11cfif. GRC ~~~a:tllh W .

~.... .

~ ' .

~. tilq; t~~~~=iiCI Slf*;41 ~Sl~llti~eti GJ~GI-aft q;f ~qfCb::t iHI~ *~~~'141 t. <:f6 JNUSU *~~ .

~"Cfi)~314lu01 d6<1 Cf;\~cst&M ~e<:fidl ~. ~d<6 "«'f6~3AftGc:u{t em Sl~lltl"f ~qJe ~cst"il ~q;;r .

...,. · ~. <l"l;ftifiq:; ~~Ntfl4f tRtrcn 1m Cli\, qfi1q:; ¥0ftfln aitt~t~1'1 ~'q'\\lq;111 cg, tqe CfiT 1 .

ns AO.::c B=Yi ~'8ff.i:(IHI ~"1141 '111'®~, '31"1C:U~ 31t16"4fd ~&c-ti ~'11T"mt3frt~ij~qJ4 CfiT ~(1'3f~lfacti<0.

~..,r ~(1'3f:fl~q; eta;fl aU\ 41fl~ t Qhl(! W ~d\Qieti~d '~f\ct;IJ' *"llti '4\ 3AftGcUU ~~l414 d6<1 ~ .

~~\61' t. ~\it"icU<ft m-'4\ lfttrr 6s:tetl t 3'ftt SFI-AISA ~CbCi4cl ~'q'\ ~eR1~ ~~~~ Cfl4li% at~<@let .

em-'ild6ffi CfiT 3"1Cfil 1\ctiiJ urr~. ~CflfdCI ~\i1Uft4 (1\i4 ~~'fH~~~' ~SFI-AISA Cf 3"14?1 ~.. ,("1\;i :n;:zi .

ll\lii.ILI .

t "11"fdl m uft ~. R4JI«16 ~Clcnlcld ~ SFI-AISA ~jtltgOICII41 aft\ ~1';1fct()~ 'Eift:?t ~tt 3"1131< ~t: ~e1s:tl CfiT .

n=-" ~t.~'GRld, ~1R<:t161 a:ltt t!ef8q dcstChl"« 30tl4c:tll ~~~<:f6~~~~<\it"fcU<tl Sl1Cf~l"1 .

~. mr \itl"fd ~fcf;~~el'41~qi 31C4tiU ~c:H~d ~d~Chl ~3114c:tll ~~a~~den 3lffi-3lffi qil\f;) ~~~ .

. R4'1Gl6 .

.

-=...... t. SFI-AISA IDU'cl"flLeti{CII41 \iff'®'141 s:ti:Scl ~d~Cfi1 ~~~$1CI ~~~-ij-ci~d eti ~~3fR>T'j('q~IJcll d~Ch1-ij-31R~~~~~~¢41~0IC414"l ~Ollct~l ~~.q-@'$1 ~. R11 1Gl6 CfiT -=....... ~SFI-AISA ~R1J1Gl64<f<1 ~~~-ij-51~11tH m jti~OICII .

~tilo'1 ~'(C\Q .q DSU dcst etCfi JNUSU 'd:fl4 ';fiff ('1gau, 'liCit den .q :a;:etc:t fFiJI~5 <fiT ~Cfilft~n ~ftdl~cn ~. .

-.,:).

.

-.,:) .

P-:i]i:rl ... Cfll'cl"JlL~ 51~11e'1 3fR~~~lltic:ti crt~ (~'14il 'iGG YFE, AISA, SFI, ABVP, NSUI Cfi\W~~*m .

~Ji:rl:::2 I~~@{ICI "RR ~~'iif~~~q"i 3lk SfliRtqilftdl Jl::t4 ~~41tl ~i. {illf) i fcf; R11Gl6 i:ll6dl i fcf; 611 II<JIIH I .

~ , .

~31W~~·fcflm3ltR\it"ictt41 ~~'t<il<fd ~,*~B-31TQ:m;ft"~~~,et'it~c:n ~~~~~"1'1CIIcftqi{ul ~ti'il\it ~Sflifdcnl{l qf\qd"i ~~ti'i~dlfctt:n"f (1'$1~<if q;r @1~'51 Cf;\~f «lftlct Cfi\~. ~ .

(1'$1~4i ~aqqgHftq cfiT &IJqCfi a<11R;a 'iif'"idl ~~-ij-~sl~.~~a\ftld 3{tt cl ijlJd'"i 3={tt 01'if tit!~l4 "CfiT '1~1~ d~Cfil tt Sl~llti'"i ~\iRcft4 {l'i'll ~3'1ecl1 PI~JJ4 tR ~' ;rFci; AISA-SFI ~tflct>lq® 3fR ABVP-NSUI-YFE ~Slfdi'St>41ctlc!l e11d=t. 51~11tiPf Rii1Gl6 ~~~~3itit5'id 3'11ctlif ~{ft<SIIrn~t cn<'11 :ql6dl ~' ~R;rr .

fchtft eq~(t ~titlit~Cfi ~14, <16S!l4 ~m ti'il'iif ~Shifdet~ttl ~qia<ol ~fffi( tiqtf<a t. SflifdCfil{) 01';1 <l'iif;f)fd ~fffi( Slf'dcstOS\ ~e11d'1 ~~~DSU ~~«lR:il( ~'~~~OJctlc!l qf{2l~R:qi, Cfi'j{q){cq{fd 3ik ~~~fc.(hfi ktJIGlt5 ~........... .

11 "\ JNUSU ~'"ilq ;nff~"Cf)T~ij(1J ~~. .

ar:=m ::11"\ .

~ ~~ "'-~.....+-.. ...~--.4 .

n?~~,t::)._ DSU 'a""'lc:n en ~l(l""' !fusnl .

-.,:).

.,Q, ,-,--:'-1 ~H "4t'1("1~ .... (? .,Q. ~ 1cn.

:d.r?. f.:?::La~.... ::ana D2iDs - 11s ~;;a~'\ ":rT .

-.

5 .

udL:t 1111.

r?lu::ri::J ~'idlfeic:ti f44f?lt1 ~~cst'Sfltl DSU W tflld.fl ~3(1c 31q;f) ~=qJtt~'i ~.~~-gr~3ltR ti1fqaaQ4'i ~~~q;t~~~fal1Gl6 omw~~ .

~II~Cf') em~~di~Cfi '<lts?l4 Q\ChdiCII<ft' ;ftfd4l q;l~cfiT ~~lt4dl q;r ~Cf)l("~1ff"CfM. 311\it ~~~lion Ri11Gl6 ~~01'it fcffitfi Sflqtfl"fl q;l-Cfi\cl q){ W~' JSC ~ Ril1Glt5 fcffitfi tR:m ~~~301q;f) 'il;:<ctll!\ \ifR~fffi(~ct;T~<Wtll. <:r6 R11Glt5 ~ f{g(11q; ~~~q;l mr m-til~ tt 51~1Jijpt ~~J<cft4 {1~(4 ~01'if fcffitfi, ~1\111{4{~ 3fR ¢ti~OIC41cft ;f)fd<il ~ .

Mclllf) (I'Sf4lRtcti 3lk Cfili.,;ft ~~\fi 31W cst(91((11J. 3i14cttl ~-q-"lf6~3itt d)@) "t5Pit. DSU 01';1 tl;\qltl ~3'1cftcl .

:fi(dl ifcf; ~~~q;l'i'*i!.d cst'"itti\ afR~~I{)Cfi 61. "lf6~AISA-SFI 3fR ~YFE-ABVP~NSUI~<ilfdl cfiT .

e"fet~ ~\ftT 34cte<ctl41 d1 t .

.

.

Resolutions of JNUSU Council Meeting Of 13.11.07 .

· · N d. · which the administration has been ke · .

The JNUSU Council condemns the ongomg carnage m an Jgram 111 . f l d t . .. th Pt wilfully paralvsed and am1cd miscreants backed by the CPI(M) have been gwen a ree ~an b to .·e~onse e peo~le who had rcsi.sted the bid to set up an SEZ in Nandigram. JNUSU d~r:1ands that t e an.tca .e.s surroundmg Nandigram be lifted immediate!) and social activists. ~ournalis~s, and pt'IJtJcal leaders of other~;~be allowed entry to reach the people, find out the facts. bring rehef matenals, and help to restore peace. c~lls upon · · · · 1· f f' 1 easants who have been brutally evtcted and.

students and CIVIl soc1ery to contr1bute to the re 1e o t1e poor P · .

rendered homeless in the latest round of violence at Nandigram. .

Proposer: Sucheta Seconder: Meera Favour: 19, Against: 7, Abstentions: 0 Passed .

.

The JNUSU demands action against the West Bengal ruling party CPl(M)'s cadr~ and le~ders responsible for the violence against the peasantry of Nandigram. b1 particular, JNUSU de,!~l~l~lds _acuon agam~t CPJ(M) leaders and people's representatives who are systematically whipping up tension by 1ssumg provocative statements; a most recent example being CPJ(M) Rajya Sabha MP Brinda Karat's public speed1 advocating ·'Dumdum Dawai" (direct .

~ .

.. .

physical action) to silence the voice of dissent in Nandigram. .

'Proposer: Sucheta Seconder: Meera Favour: 19, Against: 7, Abstentions: 0 Passed .

.

Since January 2007. an alliance of forces led by the Trinamool Congress drove out workers and supporters of the .

.

.

left, including elected panchayat members, from the Nandigram area. Since then the police and administration .

have not been allowed to function in the area. .

Even after the state government rumounced that there is no question of land acquisition for a chemical hub for the .

past 9 months. the people evicted from the area \.Vere not able to go back to their homes or cultivate their fields. .

There has been no issue of land acquisition in Nandigram since Febmary 2007, yet the Trinamoolled BUPC have .

murdered 27 left supporters in Nru1digram with the help of Maoists. This· council strongly condemns the violence .

unleashed by Trinamooi-Maoist alliance. This cmmcil also believes that the police firing on March 14 was highly .

.

deplorable and should not haYe happened. .

The determined efforts made by people to return to their homes have succeeded. The JNUSU believes that peace .

.

should prevail in Nandigram with all sections of people irrespective of poLitical affiliations should be allowed to .

return to their l~.unily life in pursuit of their livelihood. .

Proposer: Anirban Secondc1·: Tianla Favour: 7, Against: 10, Abstentions: 9 Defeated .

.

The JNUSU stands in solidarity with the struggles of the people of Nandigram and demands the restoration of .

peace and guarantee of safety for the people of Nandigram. A minimum step in this direction would be to ensure .

punishment for those guilty of Lhe March 14 firing as well as the latest :tJL!nd of violence· as well as compensation .

.

for all the victims. ' .

Proposer: Khalid Seconder: Monalisa Favour: 9, Against: 0, Abstentions: 7 Passed .

JNUSl! expresses its solidarity with and r~solves to continue the struggl,: f0r legally mandated wages and rights of .

the "~orkers o~ c.ampus. On t~e completion of one year of struggle, JN(iSU reaffirms its conunitment towards ensunng the dignity and legal nghts of workers on campus. Proposer: Meera Seconder: Sucheta Passed unanimously .

JNUSU holds that the Tehelka tapes have revealed in the RSS leaders' ow11 words ev'd f h l d.

I] kn , 1 ence o w at was a rea y.

.

we own: the role of Narendra Mode and the BJP Govt of Guiarat in the state spo d · 2002.

JNUSU d .. " . -nsore carnage m ..

emands arrest and prosecution ofNarendra Modi and his aides for their c1· es g · t h · .

.

p . , , . · 1111 a ams umamty . roposer: Raghab Seconder: Sucheta Favour: 17, Against:()', Abstentions:O Passed .

The JNUSU demands that the stude11t guilty of communal violence in J obit 1-Iostel b ·t · .· h d Th.

P t · 1E · · · . . · . ·' e s net1y pw11s e . e.

roc ona nquiry constituted to look mto the mc1dent must be e·xpeditecl The i'nct'de f · J · th.

fN f n1 pourmg a co1.

o mto.

1 d · o 1 e.

.

~o~ .er o a1111_a a Iost~l was most outrageous. This council demands th\t an enquirv should b · .· d. · th.

mcide-nt to purush the gu1ity. . J e mstltute mto e Proposer: Tianla Seconder: Sami .

Favour: 17, Against: 3, AIJsr~tlUons: 0 .

Passed .

l .

In principle, the JNU ad~inistration had agreed to revise the cut off date·for the UGC scholarships for MPhil/Phd students ~om July 2?05 tn agree~nent of I~th July 2007. However, the·administration has not taken any steps to pursue th1s matter w1th the UGC. Further 111 an unwarranted move, the UGC has stalled the disbursal of these .

scholarships. .

The ~USU is committed to e~ure that the cut off date for these scholarships is revised back to July 2005. Also, .

the d1sbursal of these scholarsh1ps should be immediately restarted. This council also holds that all the students .

who are not re~eiving a~1y other scholarship should be eligible for these scholarships. .

The JNUSU wtll organ1ze protest demonstrations at the UGC to take up this issue. .

.

The JNUSU would also struggle to _ensure that the enhanced UGC JRF fellowships are implemented immediately. .

The enhancement of CSIR fellowships at par with the increased UGC amount should also be ensured. .

The JNUSU would also b.uild pressure on the UGC lo start the disbursal of Rajiv Gandhi Fellowships which has .

.

.

been started after the first mstallment. .

The JNUSU should mobi lize students of other Central Universities to pressurize the UGC to make the cut off date .

as Jul y 2005. .

.

Proposer: Anirban Seconder: Amit Unanimously Passed .

.

JNUSU stands in solidarity with the Burmese movement for democracy, and condemns the UPA Government's shameful relations with the repressive Burmese military dictatorship. Proposer: Monalisa Seconder: Khalid Passed unanimously .

JNUSU demands the immediate release of 'people's doctor' and long-time social activist Dr Binayak Sen whohas been but behind bars by the Chhhatisgarh BJP Government and has been languishing in jail despite a consistent campaign by intellectuals and civil society activists from the country and abroad. JNUSU condemns the fascist role of Chattisgarh BJP Government of continuous violation of human rights in the garb of fighting Maoist violence. Proposer: Such eta Seconder: Meera Passed unanimously .

The JNUSU expresses solidarity with the citizens' struggle for justice for Rizwanur Rehman who was ~illed for the 'crime· of having loved across the barriers of class and religion. JNUSU condemns the State Govt ~t ~B for .

having protected the police officers who justified intimidation of Rizwan and Pri yanka at the biddmg of .

industrialist Ashok Todi. .

Proposer: Mangalam Seconder: Raghib Favour: 9, Against: 7, Abstentions: 0 Passed .

.

The sting operation by a news channel in Gt~arat has concretely broueht to fore the _gruesome role of Narendra Modi in the Gujrat pogrom. It has been proved without doubt that the N~ren?~a Mod1 government used the state machinery to assist the killer brigade of RSS and BJP in the massacre of mmont1es. . . . . This JNUSU Council strongly condemns the abuse of state power by Narendra Mo~1 f?r such fasc1st dest~n~. The JNUSU Council demands that the Gujarat government should be dismissed and justtce IS assured for the VIctims of .

the Gujarat riots. Passed unanimously.

Proposer·: Divy a Seconder: Zico .

.

.

.

.

.

.

l-1-.10~.

For Hmdt .

All India Students Association(AISA).

.

P.T.O .

Public Meeting .

Black LawJ And The Challenge~ Before Indian Democracy .

.

Spo;; kers .

Ga utam N a via kha, Consultant Editor, EPW, Noted Human Right Activist .

Siddhartha Varadarajan, Noted Journalist, The Hindu .

Kavita Krishnan, National Pres1dent, AISA, recently returned from Man1pur as part of CPI(ML)'s Solidarity tearn .

.

14. 10.04 9:30pm.

Kaveri Mess .

Goodbye POTA? ...Welcome ULPA! Please Stay AFSPA! ·n1e new govemment has prom1sed to repeal POTA I'd be swprised 1fthat happens before SJrmlar legJsla/Jon under a cltfferenl rnmr.: 1s put mplace·-ArundhaU Roy tn a pubhc address tn California. August 16. 2004 .

POTA was brought in as astrong-muscled law and sharp-toothed law to fight terrorism.Even before it was passed however it was clear that 1ts 1ntenoon wasnot so much to intercept terrorists, as to crush protest and silence dissent, by labeling entire commun1tJes of those who questioned Hmdutva or liberalization as 'terronsts'-whether 1t be tnbals of Jharkhand or Muslimsof GuJarat, Kashm1r and Mumba1..

.

The Congress led the chorus agarnst POTA, and prorntsed thatlts Government would deliver democracy by repealing thts dracoman law Recently, the Government announced tnumphantly that POTA was. rndeed, be1ng repealed. Has the UPA really delivered its promtse or restoring democracy? Let's take ahard look· · .

.

In the first place,it iswelcome that Sections 32 and 49of POTA have been withdrawn,wh1ch madeconfess1ons made to asemorpoliceofficer admissible in ev1dence Th1s provision, an open inv1tallon to confess1ons extorted by cu;.tod1al torture, has gone and good riddance The proviSIOn lhal 01ose accused could seek batIonly on~year after the date from detentton. or under wll1clllht: accu~t:d could be kept1n delenUon for upto SIX months Without fihng charges, has been dropped So far, so good But most other prov1s1ons of POTA have been retamed. notJUSt thal, even certam safeguards available mPOTA have been dropped mthe amended Unlawful ActiVIUes (Prevention) .A.ct .

.

.

The vague. catch-al defin1tJon of 'terrorism' used by POTA has been retatned 1n the ULPA, a defimuon which makes'' posstble for goverrments to define who IS aterronst according to convenience.Under ULPA. as under POTA and TADA too,everyone from trade-unionists. teachers. grandfathers children women tnbals, landless poor-all can cont1nued to be lumped together as terronsts 1f and when 1t suits the government. In other words LJLPA. hke most other ano-terronst legislation all over the world.does little to combat terrorism but performs the ·function or b!umng the line between dtssent, reststance and protest, and terrorism. This function is very tmportant for governments who are factng opposttlon from people on whom they are forc1ng devastating pol1ctes .

.

.

The amended ULPA also retatns the POTA prov1s1on that mtercepted communtcatJon. (w1re, oral or electromc) can be admtSSible 1n ev1dence In fact. ithas made it easter to m1suse such ev1dence by do1ng away w1U1the few safeguards that POTA t)a<J sttpulated for tapprng telephones 01 intercepting e-ma~ls. Under ULPA, the State will continue to police its dissenting citizens, just as underPOTA. .

.

.

In otherwords, the 'new improved' naishakti wala ULPA retains most of POTA's killer canines, and adds afew new ones of its own Why? The answer tsclear: the Congress and the UPA are basically serving the same tiny elite section of society as the NDA d1d,desptle Jtsclatms of a 'human face', the fact is lhal the Inhuman polic1es of globalization are bemg aggresSively pursued Any government which implements these anti-people policies, needs black laws as a handy weapon to intimidate civil society and make people feardtssent and resistance. .

Under Congress'own TADA, which is supposed to have lapsed 9 years ago, landless poor are be1ng sentenced lo death, and also to life imprisonment even today, in B1har, ruled by akey UPA ally, while T ADA charges are withdrawn from Ranveer Sena chieftains.In the new UPA dispensation. Raja Bhaiyya and Vaiko may expect relief, even rewards in Mlnrstenal berths But U1e rural poor and m1nonues booked under POTA will continue to bevtcl!m1zed and Witch-hunted under ULPA-ablack law by another name State re~ressron w111 s1mply have anew brand name now .

Unfortunately, the CPI-CPI(M) 'watchdogs' of the UPA have hailed the repeal of POTA without once speaking out against the dishonest way in which POTA is being repackaged under ULPA. .

The fact is that even the CPI(M) has a vested interest in retaining black laws In West Bengal, its State Governmenthad done tts best to introduce POCA, a photocopy of POTA, only the pressure of protest had embarrassed them 1nlo shelving the move On the 1ssue of Armed Forces {SpeCial Powers) Act rn the North Eas~ the CPl(M)'s highest leadership, 1ts Politburo. ts speaking the same language as Congress and BJP, even though their student wingSFI on campus is trytng to deny the fact In fact, 27 out of 52 thanas in CPI(M)-ruled Tripura are under AFSPA, and the Act has been in force in Tripura since 1997. .

Even as the people of Manipur and the North Eastcontinue their brave struggle forscrapptng of the AFSPA, 1958,the CPI(M)'s Tripura Chief Minister ManikSarkar has advised the ManipurCM 11 not to yield to the demand for withdrawal ofthe Act". In a speech given in the Tripura State Assembly, he has said that his party Politburo,of which he is a member, feels thatthe AFSPA is "necessary in view of the current situation in North East", and that it is "necessary for maintaining the unity and integrityof the country". (The Sentinel, .

Guwahati, Oct.11, J04) ~ .

The brave women protestors of Mantpur have been booked under lhe National Secunty Act. Meanwhile, the Central Govt is taking help of the US spy agency FBI, the Israeli Anny, as well as the military dictatorship in Bunna, tn thename ofcurbing the 'unrest 1n the North EC~.st: arffi't these imperialist powers and drctatorshtps the real threat to our national secunty? When wtll the Indian State reahze that peace 1n the NE can be ensured, not by the extra troops and Israeli copters, but by democracy,digntty and development? .

Tonigh~ AI SA invites you to aPublic Meeting to d1scuss Black Laws and lnd1an Democracy, in the light of the repeal of POTA and amending of U ULPA, and the current situation in Manrpur Sd/-Momt D:ts. Pn:stdl' lll. AI SA. JNU S(I/-A'' adhc'h G~n Sl-'C). AI~\ JNU .

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

Extension Counter, purchase and instal!ation of 140.

AGENDA FOR JNUSU 2002-03 .

separatist forces on the other. The leftists were also .

computers to be used by students of each centre..

compelled to bite the dust when the Supreme Court .

~ The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad is purchase of 4000 books for the Central Library, started.

delivered its landmark verdict on the National Curriculum.

\10rking for the last 53 years in the educational field a Students' Welfare Fund, resolved to a great extend.

Framework for Secondary Education (NCFSE), thereby.

vilh the goal of complete National Reconstruction by the hostel cnsis on the campus by expediting the bUilding.

discarding and rejecting the leftist propaganda of.

channelising students' power under the banner of and allotment of Mahi-Mandavi, and starting of work on.

'saffronisation'. Our vision of a nationalist and culturally.

Ct:!tural Nationalism. The Parishad has always taken two more hostels in the campus, etc..

informed education system. which has now received.

tile lead in fighting divisive and disruptive forces and The politics of the Students Federation of lndra.

legal backing, is fundamentally different from the.

safegoJard. :'lg national interests irrespective of the hinges around lies, rumour-mongering and divisive.

Communist understapding of what should constitute an.

rolrtcal party in power. We have undertaken the task .

ideal educat:on system. The arm-chair intellectuals of .

politics based upon region. religion, ca~te and cr~.~.

of cleansing the education system of the colonial legacy .

the Left and their patrons in the Congress h2ve been .

.

They have tned to whip up paran01a over therr.

and assertmQ ot.r national identity. We dream of a .

equally responsible for the continuation of an educa ion.

.

I .

disinformation campargn in order to conceal their utter.

cnnfrdent and rejuvenated Bharat free from socral .

system which aims at producing youth whO ara Indian .

failure to artrculate or pursue any constructive agenda.

II inequalities and want of material ne~ds and economic .

by blood but English by tastes and habits. estern .

.

for the campus. On the contrary, Vidyarthr Parishad.

I .

opportunities. Vidyarthi Parishad stands for a social .

transformation which nurtures the diversity of our .

.

stands committed to ·an agenda, wnrch seeks to benefit m~onal life by reiterating our common civilisational .

terminology and modes of knowledge still enjoy a .

the student commu,ity and the nation. Our focus for ex;>erience. .

complete t.~gemony and indigenpus forms of .

knowledge are frowned upon. It is in this context that I .

the coming year wtll be on the following issues: .

we welcome the nationalist and culturally irlformed i.

The year's JNUSU elections are taking place > Expediting the constructiofi.ofthe two more hostels .

education policy envisaged by the presentgovemment..

n the context of the threat of international terrorism .

being built and to get funds for more new hostels ~nd the rntroduction of a nationalist and culturally .

Such an initiative alone will help us in developing our .

so that the hostel crisis can be eliminated once and .

n.tormed education policy. The last one year has .

indigenous system of knowledge and breaking free from .

for all and all students can be allotted hostels vatnessed global concern over international terrorism .

categories like 'rational', 'scientific'. 'progressive' etc, .

immediately on admission. .

-both religious and secular. While Islamic terrorism is .

.

whrch are an offshoot of the Enlightenment discourse .

,. Course restructuring in various subjects of different c: manifestation of intolerance born of a monolithic .

of 18"' century Europe, which found its way into l~ia .

centres, both humanities and sciences, in view of system of religious beliefs, the Maoist insurgency in .

with British colonialism. .

the changing needs and demands of society.l\epal and Marxist terrorism in Columbia are secular .

:> Setting up of a Central Placement Cell for JNU toV:iriant of fundamentalism bred on another monolithic .

Agenda for the JNU campus .

Cater to students of all schools and centres so thatend fundamentally-anti-human ideology. India has for research work is also integrated with the job market..

LaSt Year the SFI-AISF aniance was able to years borne the brunt of both these kinds of terrorism. .

win all the four central panel posts owing to their unholy .

,. Ensure students scholarship of at least Rs. 2000/·1\ot only have the murderous assaults of Islamic .

nexus with NSUI-AISA. The SFI-AISF, which came out .

per month for Ph.D Scholars..

.

terrorism caused India many a thousand lives in the .

with, a resolution passed in the council meeting held .

.

> Oppose commercralisation of education in JNU at on 25-11-2001 announcing 24-point programme failed . .

f=ast decade or so, but they have also led to a .

.

any cost and resist the introduction of further short-can clearly be seen as a bid at ethnic cleansing, .

c:>nsiderable drain of our national resources. In what .

to fulfil even a single promise on the agenda. In place .

.

term courses. .

Hashmiri Hindus have been brutally driven out of their .

.

of increasing the facilities for the student community .

.

,. Effect a merger of the School of Information 1-.:>:nes. The murderous campaigns of Marxist terrorism, .

many existingfacilities were curtailed with SFI· ISF led .

.

Technology and School of Compu1er and Systems rne?ntfested in the activities of organisations like the CPI .

JNUSU r~maining a mute spectator. The Bus no. 621 I .

.

Sciences, so that the latter is not bypassed in any (il1l).and PWG, have bled the nation for years now. .

was stopped. bus service to the down campliS is no .

wav. .

more operatronal, internet facility in the library got closed 1.

1he W.arxrst mtellectuals have sought to legitimise these Ensure furthNgrants for upgrad2!:on of the Lrbrary,.

down. SL-piacement cell is no more functional, DTC.

acts of terror by painting them as the 'people's purchase of necessary books and joomals and .

bus counter closed for around sx months and moreover.

rasistance' to oppression. 'imper:alis;m', etc. They have extending the opemng time of the Central Libraryerie hoarse · comf>romis~s were made wh n the SFI-AISF led .

.

trll 12 midnight all the year round and 2 AM during JNUSU agreed that the Mahi-Mandavr mess will be 1 .

.

end semester::>. .

The understanding of the left stands exposed .

.

operated by a coopera:Ne society. Dur To ensure proper funding ofthe lbraries concerned .

of the year 2000-2001, tile ABVP led .JNUSU fulfilled.

.

in the context that the people of J&K have reposed I with di'fcren centres so that requ red oooks a t.1err fath in the democratic system on the one hand .

the long sanding demand of a Railway Reservation .

~alsmay be made available on regular ba-;is. .

Counter on the campus, ATM facility rn the SBt.

.

.~expressed !heir disapproval of the terrorist-.

.

.

.

.

.

.

North-East Studies Programme: The Centre for North-East studies has been already ratified. The SFI-AISF wtll slnve to ensure that the process or starting the centre s expedtted .

.

.

Health Centre: There lS a need for an overall el(pans,on tn the faethties tn the Health Centre It should remam open for 24 hours and X-Ray machines and other equ1prnents should be purchased. More specialist doctors should be ensured .

.

.

Sports Facilities: The Admimstratton must ensure up-gradation of sports facilities in the university Coaches should be appointed for different sports and modem equipments should be purchased. .

.

.

Ensure concessional fees for foreign students from Third-World countries. .

.

.

Subsidized print out and Xerox facilities: The rates for print out and photocopies in our campus 1s much higher than outside. The SFI-AISF will ensure that the rates are brought at .

.

.

par with those prevailing outside. .

.

Infrastructure for Poorvanchal. Provision of photocopy facilities in Poorvanchal and transport servteeS to and from Poorvanchal, especially after 8pm must be ensured. .

.

.

Battery operated bus services in campus espeoally to Lohrt, Chandrabhaga and other hostels .

.

.

Railway reservations. Ensuring hassle-free functioning of raiJway reservation counter by upgrad1ng 1ts infrastructure especially to prevent network breakdown .

.

.

ATM. Ensuring proper functioning ATM facililles .

.

.

Dissertation and thesis grants shouk:! be substanbally increased immediately. Increase number of field trip grants. .

.

.

SCHOOL LEVEl DEMANDS Science Schools ·Upgradation of laboratory facilil.ies ·Actrvation of the Grievance Redressal Committee M the Science Schools. ·Introduction of the 7 day Tech-Fest tn the Soence Schools ·1\.~re books for the Science Schools in the Central Library ·Improvement in the school-specific lrbraries. ·More computers w~~ internet facilities in Science Schools. ·lntroducbon of Inter-disciplinary courses in the Science Schools. ·Commencement of a shuttle bus service connecting other soence centres of Delhi with JNU. ·Betterment of Students' Common Room 1n every Science School. SIS ·Separate seclion in library for different area studieS and MA Programmes of SIS. ·Purchase of new books as per the requisitions of the students must be instJtutJonalised. ·Subscription to more online journals ·More computers and internet facilities in U1e School ·Immediate upgradation of the reading room with an increase in seating capacity. Indoor games facifrties in the common room SLL&CS .

The SL Annexe building should be handed over to the students at the earliest The new building should have a common room with computers wi1h internet facility. Provide audio-visual rooms with cable connections. broadcasting channels of all foreign languages and extend the timing of audio-visual rooms Create centre-specific libraries with newspapers, journals. books. magazines, cassettes COs and OVDs of respective languages ·Make the School-level Placement Cell functional and provide information about both jobs as well as about scholarships, exchange programs. summer courses. and sandwich programs offered by the HRD .

~n umversttJes ·Start.

Ministry foreign cultural centres and fore~ ld be remedi~l courses for SA students Senior students shou I appointed to take remedial courses as a form of flnanoa assistance ·Entry point at the M A level for Korean ·Regular M Pht~h o course in Korean ·lntroduchon of a program ol c~mparat1ve Literature 10 SL Separate Gnevance Redressal cell at the school level Publication ot 1oumat for the students of CJL and CLE. ·Purchase of books of Korean language tn the library and computer cataloguing of H1nd1 Urdu and all foretgn language books at the earliest ·Diploma courses of mass medta 1n Hmd1 and Engl1sh Start full-ume programmes of Italian and Portuguese together with existing part-time courses .

sss .

Convert Women's studies programme into a full fledged Centre. Offer MA and MPhiL Courses under theProgramme for the Study of OIScnminauon and Exclusion Start SOCial Science journal tn School with contribution rrom students ·Upgrade computer facility in all centres of SSS. ·Prov1de computer with internet fadhty mthe CHS-DSA hbrary ·Keep centre-specJfic hbranes open till 8 P.M. Renovate to1lets tn SSS-1 ·Students' common room m SSS-2 should be made operational Create separate common room in SSS-1 ·Increase number of library tickets permissible in EXIM Bank library ·Proper catalogUing of books in the EXIM Bank library ·Ensure proper functioning of SSS-2 Canteen. .

.

Defeat the Youth For (In) Equality and ABVP: While the overall conducive atmosphere of struggles on peoples· ISSues is increasmg and the students of JNU have fought a successful agitation on the issue of financ1al ass1stance. it is revealing that both the YFE and the ABVP did not participate in the agitation aimed at providing relief to the students from economically underpnvileged sections. Both these organizations represent the extreme right-wing and propagate a communal. casteist. errust and patriarchal ideology of exclusion and hatred They pose a challenge to the socially sensitive and progresstve character of JNU and their anti-democratic and intolerant .

politics must be thoroughly reJected. Defeat the infantile ultra-left: The polttics of the AISA and the ultra left IS based less on concrete 1ssues and more on sensationalism. rumour mongering and false propaganda against the Left. The failure of their modal of student politics is evident from the fact that even though they held the Presidents' post for !he last two years. they are not contesting these elecbons on the basis of their achievements or accountabtlity The empty rhetoric of the AISA must be .

rejected thoroughly Defeat the anti-student NSUI: The NSUI is an organizaoon whose acttvities revolve only around the sycophancy of their leaders. The fact that they dragged the JNUSU Election Committee to court exposes their anti-democratic character. .

They must be rejected lock-stocK and barrel. .

We appeal to all progressive. secular and democratic-minded students of JNU to give an overwhelmtng mandate to SFI-AISF in these elections to carry forward the struggle for the rights of the student community .

sss .

.

~ISIIA\'T Kl M \ll .

PIUYAilAHSIIINI A. .

HOSIIAN KISHORE .

.

SEJl:TI DAS(a;PTA .

.

VI~OTII RAJA A. .

.

SIS .

.

AlHUSIIEK .

AVINASll KllMAR .

.

C. L\LE~GKI~L~ .

P.K. A~A~D .

TL\I~L~ .

.

SL.&CS .

.

AANCIIAL RANA .

KLIN\VAR SUDIIANSIIU .

MASIIIULLAII .

.

~10110. JAFAR .

.

VIIUL\VARI .

.

JNUSUELECTIO~S 2006 .

.

.

.

.

MANIFESTO .

.

.

-.

.

UP HOLD OUR INTELLECTUAL .

SELF-Il:ELIANCfl .

lNTEtVSlFY TirE STRUGGLE FOR .

SOCIAL JUSTICE! .

TAND IN D~CEOF SE<lLARIS,I! .

ENSUHE EQUAL ACCESS TO .

EDUCATIO~ FOR ALL! .

UNITEAGAINST PATRIARCHY! .

.

President .

.

DHANANJAY .

.

Vicc-Presiden t .

~IURTAZA~ .

.

General Secretary .

.

.

ARUN PRASANTH .

.

Joint Secretary .

.

JYOTSNA .

.

.

.

.

.

Strengthen theliDhtlor democradzauon ol eaucauon & .

asoclallv Inclusive camausl .

The upcoming Academic council is once again going to be a pitched battleground betwee.n the casteist communal, meritocratic administration on one hand and the students of th1s campus wh~ envision a socially inclusive campus with democratization of education on the .

other. Today more than 800 students have participated in a signature ca~paign .

demanding the JNUSU to include in its Charter of Demand~ for the upco~mg A~ .

meeting the demand for 5 point deprivation marks to the Muslim students durmg thear than Centers for Urdu, Arabic & Persian language. This is a part of the .larger strug~le to Implement theadmission given the shocking low presence of Muslim students in all centers other nath Mishra Committee recommendations for 10°/o separate reservataon for Mushms. We demand that .

th~~g:hould be immediately included & fought for. Today an all organization meeting ~as _called by DSU .

R attended by AIBSF, AISA, AISF, CFI, SFI, PS~ & UD8F. O~her t~an AISA & S~l other orga~azat1on~ supported .

the demand for deprivation point for Muslims to be .ra~se~ m the upco~ang AC meetmg. ~hale ~FI has .

outrightly disagreed with the deprivation point, AISA sa1d 1t wtll be tak~n up m t~e J~us.u ~ou~c1l ~eetmg. .

lt. has been more tha~ a yea.r ~1nce thts The demand for reduction of Viva-voce marks to prevent the recurnng caste1st d1scnmmat1on ts o~e mo~e .

.~e. .rt~nt .

cruciaJ demand that the student community must clinch this ti.

.

dettldftd was forcefully raised by the students. But the casteist admtntstratton. has not even enllste? thts 1mpo.

demand as an agenda in the AC. The demands.for inc~easing MCM, extending non-net scholarships, recog~1zmg .

more Madarsas, increasing allowances & addressing the mfrastructural demands of the P.HNH students,. reductton. of .

students are all directed towards the process of democratizing education and maktng the campus ~oc1ally l~clustve .

Eligibility Criteria for OBC students, institutional addressing of the issue of languag~ barner for non-Eng.llsh ~peak~ng .

and ensuring social justice! The administration must al5o restore the.integrate~ B~~ c?urses tn SLL&CS! The .

updating of the quartile list for backward regions also needs to be expedtted. The ment cntena ~f ~he ~C/BoS student .

has rataained unresponsive so far to all these major demands. We appeal to the st~d~nts ~o p~rttctpate tnrepteseatatives must be removed immediately so that elections can be held after that. The admt~t~tratt~n .

ha~ th~ admtntstratton ts forced to.

..

tonighfs Protest march and the following indefinite hunger strike so tconcede to all·these demands for democratization of education and soctaiJusttce! .:~· ..., v \,uc'-'c, uul dl!:>u dcuvely promoted by the Indian state. All of this finally sptralled into an .

J _ .

enormous threat perception amongst the people of North East forcing thousands of them to flee for their homes. More than 50,000 .

people from different cities in Karnataka, Maharasthra, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh have already left for their hometowns. And .

then, there were also incidents of violence against the people of the North East. Four people were killed and nine sustained injuries as .

they were thrown of a train near Jalpiaguri. As the spiral of v1olence continued last week seven more muslims were butchered in .

Assam. One of the things that the Indian state has achieved by orchestrating the exodus of the north eastern people from .

Bodos in Bodoland. The rumour that Muslims are now baying for revenge on the people of the North East 1s consistent with the old .

India has been to completely displace attention away from the colossal violence that has been unleashed on the Muslims and .

colonial policy of 'divide and rule' that the Indian state has learned from its imperialist masters. In order to reap electoral benefits as .

well as keep vari9us oppressed groups divided the Bodo trtbal community has been in the past also pttted against the Santhals, Koch .

Rajbonghis and various other oppressed groups which led to massacres of thousands. However, pitting the Bodos against the Muslims .

reaps for various parliamentary parties electoral dividendsfar beyond JUSt Assam. .

The re~ponse of the Indian state has not been one of apathy, but of active complicity in facilitating this exodus. While .

pretending to take steps to impose confidence and a sense of security to the people of the North State, the Indian state has actually .

arra_nged for sp~ial trains to further facilitate the exodus. Mired deep into electoral calculations and vote bank politics, .all the .

arlta~entsfY parties have remained either silent or complicit in the ruling class ploy. The Congress, tn power both in Assam as well as centre IS try1ng hard to wash its hands of from both the violence unleashed on the Bodos and Muslims 1n the region of Bodoland as well as the ~~ckson and exodus of the North Eastern residing in India by once propagating the oft-rubbished theory of Pakistani hand into the enti:e ts~ue. The Sangh Parivar on the other hand, in line with its communal fascist agenda has once again blamed the Muslims for the entire VIolence, profiled all of them as 'Bangladeshi infiltrators' and has asked for their complete extermination. Their sudden concern for the land rights of the 'Hindu' Bodo tribals that are ostensibly being usurped by the 'migrants' is ridiculous. The role of all .

corporations across states where they are in power is well known to the people. Notorious Sanghi lumpens have started 'helplines' for BJP led. governments in the usurpation of tribal land and the massacres of the protesting tribals at the behest of multinational the pe~ple of the North East Nothing can be more ironical when the most loyal agents and supporters of the countless murders and rapes ~n the North East by the mercenary Armies of the Indian state suddenly start posing themselves as their messiahs. Their .

crocodtle te~rs and absurd theories notwithstanding, the people of the North East know pretty well that neither is it the Pakistani state .

or the Muslims. but the Indian state that is responsible for the exploitation of the people and the natural resources of the North East .

wh1ch a1m at masstve loot of natural resources,devastation of its ecology, all in the name of 'development'..

thr?ugh.forced a~yoccupation. fake encounters, countless rapes and murders as well as notorious polictes like the 'Look East policy' .

.

.

Notwithstanding the 11anv nn power, !!le colour of Indian state is saffron: The Babri rnasiid verdict once again proves that! .

The Sabri Mas~id Verdi~t most .c~rtai.nly stands as yet another brazen vindication of the commun~l, fasc1st, and h1nd~ maJontanan n~tur~ of the ln~ia.n s~at.e. What is more dangerous . . ho~ever 1s. the way.every ru.l1ng class party .m th1s country 1s JUStifying and trying to 'nnrmali.7a.' th1s rabidly communal verd1ct and 1n effect 1ts pre-h1story. Duly ass1sted by the corporate media, these parliamentary.

I .

parti~s Cil e tryin~ to hide the fascist rami!ic.ati~~s of this judgment. The judgment not only blatantly denied justice to the .

~ .

muslim~ by vestmg 2~3 land of th~ Babn MaSJid to the hindus but also d~ngerously upheld faith of the dominant upper .

~ caste h1ndu com~un1ty. The ver.dlct aft:r all rea~s:rts the fact tha~ Mu~l1m~ are s~co~d class citjzens in this country, who should rema1n contented w1th the generos1ty shown by the JUdiCiary 1n vest1ng JUSt one-third of the land which wholly belongs to them otherwise. ' The communal fasc~st. sangh pariv~r is jubilant bec.ause ':f obvious reasons. The same forces who blatantly defied .

O( .

Supreme Co~rt .r~stnct1ons to demoll~h the mosque 1n ~ 9~L !·.ave ~uddenly be~ome the most 'law-ab!d~:1g citizens' .

lit Because the JUdiCiary 1n most uncerta1n terms upheld the1r a1enda, vm\.o.cated the1r 'astha', and legalized their barbaric .

m acts. Thus Advani in his reaction to the Ayodhya verdict s2d that "I believe that the Ayodhya judgment will mark the .

e> start_ of a ne.w chapter.for nat!onal .unity.Q It is th~ s~~e H~ndutva defm1tio~ of 'natio~al unrty' he was talking about. It .

P< 1mplles that 1f the musllms/dallts/ad1vas1s/other mmont1es w1~h to live 1n lr.dta, they wtll have to live as per the terms of .

.

fe .

the brahmanvadi dominant Hindu forces. Empowered by the verdict the same communal murderers now are not merely .

th .

.

celebrati.ng their vlct~ry over two~thirds of the land: ~ut are also in the name of 'peace' and 'tolerance' most audaciously threatentng the Muslim community to forget the ktlllngs, rapes, pogroms of the past' and give up even their remaining ~~ claim over the land thus becoming 'active collaborators' in the building of a 'magnificent' Ram mandir. a~ .

The parliamentary pseudo-left, ~pearhead.ed by CPM, ~eeping in mind t~e upcoming assembly polls in Bengal i}nd Kerela (where they a-re maJorly bankmg on the hmdu 'vote bank') m most opportunistic fashion delayed.

A .

~nd finally restr~ined from. takin.~ a cle:r po~ition on ~he ve-rdic~. Much like the page ~ree Bollywood stardust they.

.

h .

merely 'appealed to all part1es to accept the ;:..:dgment pe3cefully . Who are they appealing to? Let us remind them.

.

tf1 the Muslims in this country had kept calm when in 1949 som-= miscreants installed a Ram idol right at the centre of thei~.

C<l .

masJid and the indian state subsequently locked it stopping the namaz in the historical mosque; they maintained peace.

w. when later in 1986 they opened the mosque to allow the r1mdus to perform pooja; they oreserved peace even when .

m .

they were communally abused and targeted all over the country during Advani's Rath Yatra in 1990; they maintained it .

Rl .

·.v!"'en it was demolished by the .fren~ied rr.Jb .and r~ther suff-:?.red in i~s aftermath in 1992. The hindu fascist sangh g1roh.

he .

l on the other hand had been h1stoncally beh1nd ah commun31 frenz:es. massacres, pogroms, demolitions, rio~s They.

WI stmply don't carB about the ben!gr. 'appeals' rr1ade by thesE ~seudo-left The communal fa-;cists can not 09 retned by.

.

hE .

appealing' to thetr 'moral conscience'. They have to be fougnt on ground which is definiteiJ not what the pseudo-Left .

w .

:hooses to do. The only 'problem' CPM seems to have with the verdict is with its nature which was on the basis of fa1th. .

re .

.

But they maintained a calculated silence on the outcome of the verdict in the shape of the unjust division of the land in .

s~ favour of the hindus. Their unwillingness to take positions and demand real justice in the shape of the re-building of the .

K~ mosque for the persecuted and betrayed minority; their appeal to 'peacefully' kowtow before this atrocious judgment; .

m and call for reposing faith back on the same JUdiciary once again exposes the farce, toothless-ness, opportunism and .

.

ho .

the saffron shade of their secular credentials. .

h1 The Congress which has always postured as the 'secular alternative' to the communal fascist BJP has its real .

T communal face exposed yet again. And there is nothing new to it. Every time in be it 1949, 1986, 1990, 1992 or 1n .

.

2010. Congress was in center. And all the fascist agenda of the sangh giroh has been materialized and facifitated with.

m .

~he active support of that central government The engineering of the riots, the demolition of the mosque had all been .

~~ ··done with active patronage from the .congress led Indian state. The perpetrators o1 1992 are still moving scot f;ee .

because of the clear-consent of the Congress government For Congress the judgment is not 'anyone's victory or loss'! .

.

~0 .

The clear denial of justice to the muslims by the rabidly c;ommu~Jal verdict is being portrayed by Congress as the.

e) .

eflection of the 'secular credentials', 'maturii.y of Indian people' and our bid to 'reconciliation and harmony'. They are.

fil .

.'l'llfully blind to the vindication in the verdict of the agenda of the communal fascists to f~rcefuUy build a temple on a.

c{ .

1·.d on which the Sabri masjid stood While leaders l!!<e 01gvijay Singh hailed the verdict as 'best possible verdict'.

p" 2.

CMdambaram wants the nat1on to ·move on·. He further cJserved that this verdict has nothing to do with the act of .

1.

tc .

tr -:lemolition of the Sabri masj1d on Decemoer 6, 1992. All t'"' ·'se are deltt''er:?te attempts to put a garb on the tncreasing .

st'onghold of the communal fascists. Because once this judgement valioated the basic ~a~of the sangh giroh that the .

....,asjid was an illegitimate structure ~uilt after destruction c.f the Ram temple, the cnmmaJ ~against them who .

.

f -.:emolished the mosque gets automatically weakened. Further, the award of the tJtle of the desired land to the same .

orces accords moral justification to thetr act of demolition tn retrospect. And therefore it is a dear victory of the.

.

~ .

~ .

a sommunal fascists which the Congress wtll never.adrr.it. It obJiously wants every body to forget 'this and move on, hke .

g ~'le state always wants us to forget all unjust wars, genocices, massacres, pogroms and 'move on' ti!l itstrikes 2dain! .

Both Congress ~nd CPM blindly reposed their ultimate fatth on whateverthe ~upreme Court decides. Sheddmg .

......e r resp0nsibihty (read risk) of tak1ng a political positiun on the issue, they simply hope that the latter would do the .

.

1 .

r. . -=edful to remedy. But the Indian jud1ciary that has shown its casteist communal colours tune and again is noth1ng but a .

f" ~,..0, to support tne communal-majoritanan state. There is .10 rt.Json to think that the same Supreme Court whtch has.

J ,....~ en verd1ct 1n favour of landlords. upheld corporate agend3 of land grab or ordered baseless death sentence to Afzal .

.

1 .

s Gvru jUSt to sat1sfy the 'collective con3ctence' of the nat1on wtll g1ve any progress1ve or just ven:fJCt on ats own. Th1s .

r ::;rahrnanvadl hmdu fasc1st state and tts organs have to be confronted and defeated. And only then justice can be .

,r6v ed to all oppressed and deprived masses..

.

.

.

.

.

.

ALL INDIA STUDENTS' ASSOCIATION (AISA) 05/11/00 .

Mandir and Market: The Real Face of ABVP's "Cultural Nationalism" .

. Does th~ ABVP have any agenda with which to face students in the JNUSU election!-o (when they spare ttme from mternal brawls, that is) 7 After all, the fact is that, it is thanks w the ABVP's parent party the BJP that JNU it!>df is gradually being put at the mercy of the market. High-fees courses have been introduced in CBT, business shops like NUT and APTECH under the guise of a "School of IT" wtll soon challenge the academically excellent School of Computer Sciences and Systems. Soon, following the suggestions of the HRD Minister M.M. Joshi, JNU will demand e lectricity bills from the students, and .

will extort huge sums from them in the name of medical reimbursement. .

The ABVP yesterday told the pres · that it believed only in two categones-nationalists and anti-nationals. Will the ABVP agree that the BJP government which is imposing privatization on the dictates of IMF-World Bank, putting higher education out of reach for ordinary Indians, national ? .

The ABVP shares the RSS' agenda of "cultural nationalism". K .S. Sudhurshan magnanimously claims that Muslimlio and Christians ar·e part of this countr·y, but ..unfortunately they have changed their methods of upasana". and now they must ··rndianize" thernselves by worshipping Rarn and Krishna. In other words, the RSS threatens minor·ities to forcibly convert to llinduisrn. or cbe be branded a" ·anu-nationuls". Not only that, all those who challenge the Hindutva definition of nationalism, will ulso be branded as "anti-nut ionals". .

So, whether it is the students of AMU who are being asked ro ''prove that they are not lSI agents" when they apply for jobs, whether it is the girl.o; of Kanpur and Baroda who hose to defy the ABVP decree and wear jean,., whether it is the young boys and girls who were attacked by the A BVP celebrating Vnlcntncs l~uy in Kanpur -in the eyes of the RSS und its ~tuderu wing the: AB,r P .. they un:: all ..unti-nationalsn. But who i~ the RSS or the ABVP to distribute cc11ificutcs of-nutionali'm '? lt ~ well J...nown .

that tho Rss· klu:lk;-c-luc.l hrigadeN never challenged the Briri~h rule (in f-uel the ir khuki-~horts unir01"TT1. wos u~ndclled nn the unif-orm o"F the British colonial p lict::). The~e hrigadc::.s u:-. ~d then-lullu.... only to tc::rrcln'' Lh tninori£ies in ri t~ . .

In JNt...J. the ABVP prcssurised the Adn'lini~trucion h ·HC) :-octting: up the Buhri C:ornmlteco_ with th f:.tSS stooge Just.i B.uhri to wtch-hunt and b·nnc..l all those .JNl.J-ites.. cSP'C ·iully _n"linonu"?s~ a~ unt -nuLiona.Js. t Jnf"urtun.(lf"~ly. c-hc SFI-Icd .JNUS U bo~ked o ut Cron, 1he;: den,and of' scrnppng the bHt~cd Uohrt .

OmtniUec::. il,:!".tCad u c cplin,¥ its ..-,. tutus U-."'t 0 .... f"nct-tfn<.Jin.g Ot'l'\rniucc~"' -whcr OS the t"aClt--u f"ound by .Mr. Bnh.-i urc bound to b~ comnu.tnul ond biusod. In kccpin!& with SP't ~ npprouch of-uppcu.~lng r·uthcr thou c hnllenNtng ABVP·"'t jin ni... tic nutiono..lisrn. the Sf-0'1 o' well o~ the .JNUSU IC"d by 1t nvoidc:d any 1T10hilisuton or -.! fTort co ~how solidurity with lhc AJ\;fU students. .

The. A'FJVPs shanl hn::uionulisn,·· con be chullcngec..J o nly by u th ··rough goint;,... rn1l1tant. democn:uic chullcngc.::.. to its unti-nationul policies of· utncuuJir and rn~Jrk-c_~r.. both u1,d AJSA s the nnJy organas ation which cun con~io;tt,::ntly provide such a hullengc. .

Ccnt.rnl Panel .

President.: JVIInnl&ha Set.hi Vic:e-Prcsldent : P.K-Abdul Kahlrno-n Gencrai-Sccret_ory : Dhrub Kun·to.r Singh ..folnt:-Scc:rct.ary : VaJbhav .

SSS Panel Abinash Chris Mar·y Sunil Vetrivel School Panel SLL&CS Fakhruddin Subhash Maury.. Inteshar Arvind SIS Punel Suresh Ar·vind Likha Tcjr .

Murari Satyabrat .

Sd/-Tanwccr Fazal, .

.

Convenor, Campaign Committee, AISA, JNU .

.

.

.

) .

by.

r·s .

N s u I nt .

""ITS ALL RIGHT IF WE DO IT. BUT ITS NOT YOUR CUP OF TEA" J.

05/ 10/ 08 .

Friends~ .

Nationai_Student Union of India congratulates the stupent community for its wholehearted support in defeating the anti national .

commumst and pseudo-naxal rhetoric that has been presented in the form of the annual reports ofSlS and SSS. As the convenor .

nd.

of the SSS who has gone to Columbia University, USA to intensify the anti imperial struggle of her party, two separate councilor .

reports \".'ere presented on 3/10/08 SSS GBM. The juvenile comrades in JNU have finally realized that the ongoing .

ve.

J., '.

agitations in JNU is not effective in shaking the foundations of US EmpireGreat , soSatan',the 'orgof a conic urintse~ ellthectuae scholarls' of sour hip campuspaid in Jd.

I have decided to send more battle-ready commies into the land of .

dollars, Me Burgers and Coca Cola for refreshments! Therefore, it is a matter of pride and privilege for all students in .

.

our university especially in SAA and SSS to not to have a convenor's report. ~d .

to .

Friend's, yet again the lefl in JNU has bit the dust, soon after the clobbering in SIS and SSS which proves that the JNU student .

m.

' .

community no longer believes in thetr barrage of lies, propaganda, bogus, and grand outright hypocrisy. This crushing defeat of ·e .

y.

the ludicrous left means that the politics of rhetoric has become stale in JNU and the hearts and minds of JNU'ites is in .

concordance with the vision and agendas put forward by NSUJ. Needless to say that this victory is an endorsement by the .

j .

~Ludents of JNU for the bold initiative of our Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh in putting an end to decades long nuclear :> .

isolation of our nation by entering in civilian nuclear cooperation with Russia, France and America. .

However, the J,NUSU Preside nt's derision of placement cell~ describing it as not in line with the culture of JNU was a .

direct insult heaped on all students who gave their support to the signature campaign initiated by NSUI regarding the .

issue! Well, Mr. President, you are proving time and again that you are not at all able to connect to the students and their .

aspirations and how are you supposed to know tht.: pulse of JNU campus as all that you are interested is in making hollow rhetoric against imperialism, when vit3l student issues are put to the backbu:ner. In quite contrary to JNU SU President's stand on placement cell AI SA's convenor in SL has come with a poster elaborating placement cell as a long standing demand ofJNUSU. We demand Mr. President to make clear of your stand on the idea of a University Placement Cell in JNU. NSUI strongly rejects the newly formed committee regarding placement and career guidance and demands a proactive, efficient, functioning and .

liberalized University Placement Cell. We believe that th~ present setup of placement cell is going to be one more committee .

among hundreds ufothers which have already been constituted by JNU administration for many issues and the present JNUSU is only known for making 2nd unmaking committees. We appreciate Delhi Student's Union, for their successful initiative in establishing a centralized placement cell in DU and we would like to bring somF! facts of their success in DU. La~y Sri Ram .

CollE=ge, Hindu College, and Hansraj College together had over 450 placements with MNC's like Google, HSBC, Hewitt, .

Infosys, Jaypee Group, UBS etc. visiting these campuse.s offering an average pay pack of Rs. 5.5 lakh. Nevertheless the .

present proposal of placement cell in our University under the guidance of Prof. Anand Kumar is nothing but a complete betrayal .

of student !llterest in this regord. Whoever oppose Jnd wholevc:r strategies applies we wtll r~ot compi·vmise our demand of a .

University Placement Cell whtch we already suhmitted to JNU with the stgnatures of 3223 students. However, the hideous .

designs of AISA led INUSU are getting exposed everyday Jnd the students of SIS AND SSS have shown these u.ltra-hypocritical, .

anti-student, p~eudo revolur ionaries the WAY OUT! .

The issue of making JNU campus Wt-Fi enabled is another matter raised by the NSUl and here again, the AISA led JNUSU .

displayed its notorious inefficiency and insincerity to the student community, but they do make sure that they have their laptops .

connected with 'plug n surf devices for internet access so that they are~ept posted of "revolutions" taking place around the .

globe (if any) and of course, scholarships and opportunittes for higher studies, while the poor students must wai t in the library .

or opt for paid browsing outside the campus. .

The AISA led JN USU is a past master in partisan conduct"and their colors were exposed out in the open when the US under .

secretary of state Mr. Richard Boucher's visit to the campus was blocked by them while all kind of separatists and anti-.

This .

nationalists were able to freely come to the campus and spread their anti-Indian, separatist, extremist propaganda! .

arbitrary, pa:-tisan act ofAISA led JNUSU shows that they are least interested in the academic freedom cfstudents but are here to .

t play contemptible, agenda ridden polittcs. This incident ripped away the mask of AJSA led JNUSU and their fascist, repressive, murderers like Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot, and the murden:rs ofinnocent citizens in Andhra, Bihar, Orissa, and Chattisgarh are.

1.1 tyrannical, undemocratic, Pol-Polian face exposed to the students of JNU. Also one wonders how the real devotees of mass .

y, .

OJ able to differentiate between the idea of Freedom of Speech and Expression and the politics of murder. This is the .

JUStificaticn of OIJr NaxaLite President for blocking Richard Boucher's visit in this campus exclusively for an academic purpose. an History says there was no academic freedom in 5talin's Russia. Even after Marxism and Stalinism is expired decades back the it .

democratic and academic environmenl in our campus has been disturbed by the presence of little Stalin's. .

Opf, NSUI once again congratulates the JN U student community for this resounding victory over an incompetent, AISA led JNUSU in Wi// SIS & SSS and for vindicating the stand of NSUI regarding the student issues and freedom of expres~ion and speech. Friends, it is enfo high-time time to eject the leftist, separatist forces from the campus and drive the last nail to their coffin so that JNU becomes a .

place where democracy flourishes and students get a chance for a fruitful career and life. .

Sd/jai hind! Shahnawaz Khan.

Sd/ .

Secretary.

Linesh V.V. .

Gen. Secy. .

.

.

.

.

.

ALL INDIA STUDENTS' ASSOCIATION (AISA) 17/11/99 .

"io--1<-eep 'the-purrr.., of the, .... ~-#-!'.

the---; rlo4M.Wf\/ a+'\.d, Lt}' cultu.re;. Ge¥~~the,. .

CO«.+'\by of~Jewl-: N~pride,~it¥~~~ _ wcn-l.d-by pu..-~ ~fort#'i.+-\tlt~to-luw.-v~pyofl;t:by". ~ed-he..re.: .. (N ~ .

M.S. GolwaJkar, RSS ideologue, We or Our Nationhood Defined .

The RSS models its "cultural nationalism" I' · 1 h · ' · of India's age old civilization, Vasudaiva Kutumbake:! ~~~~Ye~ndt. e r:node~ ~f Htlcr s Naz Gcrm.an.~. Behind t~e ABVP's talll. course, is that these 'impurities ' are people -Dali~s 'd ~ IC~tJOn o. bloo~sh.ed and contlJ~t .. ~he ho.rnfying detail, of homogenisation. ' evant ' or un-lndan women, mmonttes, tnbals, who resist .

We would like to ask the ABVP-.

.

wh~ch "In~ian cul~ure" will they glo~ify and preserve ? -The "Indian culture" which imposes rigid social hierarche~.

.

.

wht~h g~onfies sat~.and perpe~uates bnde-burnrngs, which celebrates and prescribes silent, patient suffenng for women ·1 .

.

. the Indtan culture of the antt-woman, casteist Manusmriti ? · Wtll they tolerate an Indian culture-.

.

.

where women defy patriarchy within families ? .

.

.

where Dalits resist the planned massacres of Ran veer Senas ? .

.

.

where P~?r and hungry .millions refus~ to ~elieve. that their suffering are God-ordained, and struggle ro change the man -.

.

.

1 .

made soctal systems wh1ch are rcsponstble for thetr suffering ? Why is the ABVP silent-.

on why the tcl\ls of ~atcri~list philo:.~oph~rs-Cllurva.ll.u. ~i1ml\hya and Nyaya-vaisr.litka were mercilessly burnt '! .

.

why were the Buddh1sls dnven out of the Indian peninsula in ancient times? .

.

.

why poets like Kabir sang so passionately against the caste system ? Why does the ABVP utter no word of protest -.

.

.

When P.M. Vajpayee refuses to declare the Orissa cyclone a national calamity? .

.

.

When P.M. Vajpayee announces an insurance policy for rape? .

.

.

When P.M. Vajpayee opens up the insurance, telecom and power sectors to multinational~'? .

.

.

When landless poor and dalits are massacred by the Ranveer Sena? The ABVP's 'nationalism' is a sham, a mask it dons to hide its real agenda of ushering in a fasdst regime of hare -the agenda spelt out by Golwalkar. .

.

.

To combat these fascists and keep them out of power, mere parliamentary manouevrings and patch-up coalitions are useless. Only a consistent effort to put a people's agenda for mass struggles, on the centrestage of Indian politics can challenge the mass-mobilisations of fascism. And the Left is the only possible champion of these democratic struggles. .

When CPI, CPI(M) Left curb or scuttle its mass-movements, when they persuade their base to bear with the "lesser evils" of corruption, mafias, mass massacres, anti-people economic policies, in the name of fighting communalism, why do they still fail to keep the BJP out of power? Why, instead, does the BJP end up making inroads in Left strongholds like Durn Dum (Jyoti Basu's home constituency?) · .

This is because communal fascism can be combated, only by asserting a robust agenda of democratic struggle!., .

and rallying people around that agenda. Alliances and floor-management are fine, as long as they don't end up imposing restrictions on the Left's agenda of struggle (as alliances with undemocratic, anti-people for(;es an: buund to do) .

In JNU, too, SFI-AISF's failure to restrict the support base of the ABVP, is a direct result of their tactics. They rely on "anti-ABVP"ism alone, while failing to build up and intensify any struggles, involving the mass of student~, against privatisation, for gender equality, against the crackdown on democratic rights. Instead, just as Jyoti Basu cautioned the trade-unions of West Bengal against "recourse to militancy" by the working class (The Hindu, 5/11/98), .

the SFI-AISF is always scared of mass-mobilisations, and constantly cautions common students against whole-hearted, .

committed participation in militant gheraos, bandhs, etc.. This blunting of the edge of the student movement has only .

benefited the ABVP. .

.

To put up A Comprehensive Resistance to the ABVP, .

To Assert An Agenda ofDemocratic Rights and Str~tggles, .

To DefeaJ the SF/'s Politics ofSurrenders, .

Vote for AISA's Agenda ofStruggle ! .

.

Central Panel .

rRESJDENT.

VUAYKUMARYADAVENDU .

VICE-PRESIDENT.

MANISHA SETHI GENERAL SECRETARYP.K. ABDUL RAHIMAN JOINT SECRETARY.

UDAl VEER SINGH .

SIS Panel .

SSS Panel.

Sf-:L&CS Panel ANURAG RANJAN.

DEBARTI GUHA.

FAKHRUDDIN All AHMAD CHERI JACOB.K..

LAISHRAM LEINGAI<PA.

GARIMA MANI TRIPATHI VIPIN KUMAR NIRAJ.

R. JOHN SURESH KUMAR.

INTESHAR AHMAD .

TARUNA BANSAL.

KAVJNDRA KUMAR DALAL .

VIVEKKUMAR.

QAISER AHMAD .

Sd/-.

Kavita, Convenor, .

.

Central Campaign Committee, AISA, JNU .

.

.

.

.

~·rTTn.r"'rr"' 🇹🇳~⭕rc-n."·-'"I'XOl"r OF lJ'~Dlh .

ALL 1NDIASTUDENTS FEDERATION .

Q/11 fQR .

· · ld h' it were twice the first time as.

" .... all facts and personages of great Importance tn WOr !Story OCCUr, as > .

tragedy, the second as farce." .

.

-Karl Marx, 11te Eighteenth Brummaire ofLouis Bonaparte .

Friends, .

Marx's analysis of contemporary events often transcends the immediate to convey a more universal message. The above mentioned one also has a chilling contemporary relevance: the first thirteen days BJP govt. was a tragedy, more of course, to the BJP than to the country. This second round, however, has turned out to be a complete farce of governance that is imposing unprecedented tragedies on the people and the country. .

There has not been a single area where the BJP's governance has not been a unmitigated disaster. From the handling of India's foreign policy to the management of the economy, the BJP has displayed a total lack of competence in running a state of India's size and complexity. Its preoccupation has been only to further its communal agenda at the expense of the country and the people. The only area where it shows a determination of purpose is in infiltrating the administrative apparatus and the organs of State Power to advance the RSS agenda of rabidly intolerant 'Hindu Rashtra'. The manner in which it seeks to rewrite and distort history, the revamping .

of premier research bodies by placing people with dubious academic qualifications, the attempts to change the syllabi and curricula and the latest attempts to saffi·onise the education system--all clearly expose the BJP as an enemy of the secular democratic foundations of independent India. . ln addition to all this disservice that the BJP led govt. is doing to the country, is the economic hardships that it is imposing on the people. A look at the prices of vegetables will tell a part of the story: .

Prices in Delhi Vegetables Now (Rs./Kg.) One Year Ago (Rs./Kg.)Onions 50-60 .

6-7 .

Potatoes 20-24 4-5 .

Tomatoes 40-45 .

12-16.

Cauliflower 35-40 8-10 .

Cabbage 30-35 .

8-12 .

, . . . . (Source: The Asian Age, 3 .l 1 .1998) . l he students of JNU have to reel under th1s mflat10n along with the working masses and the oor The mess b1~ls have already been skyrocketed (of_the order_ of Rs.800/month) and it will not be long befor:pric.es of everythmg, from bus :ares to ou~ books or daily essent1als will also follow the same route. . . The shortfall m production of vegetables (to the tune of 15%) should have in th 1 1 d .

m an mcrease in the prices by 50o/c B t th . h e nonna course resu te traders and hoarders are reapirlg su;~m~mla~ P;~c;:t~ a::eegone up by over 700%. Obviously, the unscmpulous may eventually find its way into the electionpfi d f . ' e xpense of" the people. Undoubtedly, a share of these ABVP for the JNUSU election_. !). un o ts patrons (the BJP for the State Assembly polls or the .

Our 'able' Prime Mini!lter started by blamin the 'we o ' . . should have shown such malice towards th h g ather oOds which mdeed is ironic that the 'god' .

when it was clear that the production of on~~~;W~l~ld~ure~ stat~ power through the invocation of Ram! Even lakh tonnes! Ironically, it is now importing from th echne thJ~ year, the govt. embarked on exporting two the shortage. ose very countnes where it exported earlier to try d .

c&-..

n anili,m.

le RSS-BJP's pro-trader bias became more th . .;;:;!ez·the Jaw of the land -for the trader to 'hoard'· he::. el~'~entbwhen Vajpayee noted that it was not illegal has :s:::eo:~~~u:bo; s~ort-:ge,as a no~al business ;ituaJ c+'~ ~Ne;;~n7~~derstanding for the 110arder' s itch t~ November 1998) a ' wtll assert Itself against hoarders and blackm' k November, 1998). Since the ABVP.

' we want to ask them . ar etcers'(ABVP hl.

anti-people Vajpayee Govt A d a questJOn: is the ABVP Willing t l I ~amp et, dated 5 tlJ bills? . n secure some subsidies for the JNU t do aunc l an agitation against this s u ents to meet with our b. h PUBLIC MEETING TONIGHT g er ll1ess at SUTLEJ MESS 9:30 PM .

SJ>EAKERS: VlJOO, NASEER HIMANSHU .

' ,ALBEENA GUEST SPEAKERS . COM SIT Polit Bureau Memb~r CPI(M) EARAM YECHURy.

COM BATx:JNUsu President President, Delhi State SFl E ILAL BAIRWA.

JNU1 ' ' x-SU President .

.

sss Councillor Candidates .

SLL&CS SIS.

JANAKJ S. .

lAHI SAIKI/\ Mn. ZAF-HDUL HAQUE JINu ZACTIARIA OOMMEN .

SURYYAPI<A'l'IM SARKAR RAVINDAR SJNUI I RANDHAWA M. NARASIMJiAMURTHY .

USHAKUMARI PARIMAL MAYA SUnffAKA.R .

STBA SANKAR MOHANTY .

.

Sd/-Anil Mathew Atul G h .

Co-convenors Central Cam .' C an -u a .

' pa1gn ommtttee .

.

.

.

Naxalism: The Enemy Within!II .

20/08/2007 .

civilians, 113 secunty forces, and 67 alleged Naxalites have been killed in the Naxalite conflict during January -.

According to tile est1mate of the Asian Centre for Human Rights, a total of 249 persons including 69 .

Frie nds, .

June 2007. The highest number of killings were reported from Chhatt1sgarh (141), followed by Andhra Pradesh .

In 2006 which saw the killing of at least 460 persons. However, the conflict is intensifying as reflected .

(39) and Jharkhand (29). from the number of killing of the security forces and aadivasis. In addition, during April-June 2007, Jharkhand (24) .

witnessed increased killings. The increase in frequency of Naxal-related violence off late has really emerged as a cause of serious Nepal is witnessing reconciliation with the Naxals, as reflected in latter's participation in the new government, .

concern, not only for the integrity and security of this country, but also its general well-being. While neighbouring .

India continues to be a victim of their gory ways. The mainstreaming of the Naxal movement in Nepal hopefully .

marks the end of the movement in that country. India, however, is still groping in the dark to size up the real .

Naxal violence has indeed spread its tentacles from 156 districts in 13 states in September 2004 to 170 .

problem and come out with a suitable response. .

districts tn 15 states in February 2005, affecting about 40 per cent of the geographical area of the country and 35 .

.

per cent of its population, according to recent intell1gence reports. With the objective of establishing a 'Compact .

Revolutionary Zone', as typif1ed by the Red Corridor extending from the boondocks of North Bihar to the .

underdeveloped hinterland of Jharkhand, Orissa, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Karnataka, the .

Naxals aim to use the same, reportedly, for eventual seizure of state power and subsequent establishment of a .

.

Recently, the Naxals have intimidated the Salwa Judum in Chhattisgarh, attacked the Jehanabad jail .

Maoist State. .

(freemg about 340 prisoners and thetr leader Ajay Kanu) in Bihar, heinously killed Sunil Mahato (the JMM Member .

of Parl1ament) and attacked a police camp tn Bastar killing about 56 policemen. They have demonstrated precision, .

many other symbols of state authonty, mostly the pollee, as witnessed in their incursions in Koraput in Orissa, penetration, organization and audacity in striktng their chosen targets at wtll. Before that also, they have attacked .

Madhubant m Bthar, Gindih and Bokaro m Jharkhand and in Karnataka, killtng hundreds of policemen, looting fire .

arms and money.Transformmg themselves mto a modern guenlla force, the Naxals today are equipped with sophisticated .

(MCC) and People's War Group (PWG), the Naxal Movement has not only succeeded in getting over the problem of weapons and communication system W1th the formation of a united outftt namely CPI (Maoist) along with the .

raising of an armed wing i.e. Peopie's Ltberation Guernlla Army through the merger of Maoist Communist Centre .

sanguinary infightmg amongst them, but the Movement has also witnessed a shift in focus and strategy. Today, .

they are not only logistically better organtzed and better trained; they are also better motivated and better led. .

Wtth the programme of a New Democratic Revolution, the Naxals wish to attain their goals through the .

spread of dtsaffectton amongst the rural poor by creatmg an impression that the new economic policy is prejudiCial to their interests. The newly acquired prosperity of the landlords, the bourgeois traders and the bureaucrats further annoys and frustrates them. They believe that the benefits of the Panchayati Raj have been cornered by a handful of well-to-do peasants. Hence, they have declared all landlords, big or small, and all bourgeois, powerful .

or petty, as class enemies and have been working towards their elimination by violent means. .

The new strategy of the Naxals is one of protracted armed struggle whose objective is not seizure of land, .

crops or other tmmediate goals, but the seizure of state power. Within this perspective, participation in electtons and engagements with the prevailing bourgeois democracy are rejected, and all efforts and attention are firmly focused on revolutionary activities to undermine the state and seize power by any means. They plan to mount further attacks agamst the symbols of 'feudalism, imperialism and comprador bureaucratic capitalism' and they also don't mind supporting the struggle of nationalities for self-determination, including the right to secession. .

They have also been paying special attention to mobilizing and organizing women as a mighty force of the bloody better than democracy, whtch has responded and evolved as per the genius of its locale. Already, the government The Naxals would do better to appreciate the fact that no other form of government has proved to be .

revolutiOn they are waging. .

with a slew of development proposals to address the problem of inequity. The Naxals support to secessionist and .

has been respondtng to their basic allegations of inequitable and in-egalitarian development and has come forward By indulging in brazen and unprincipled acts of violence, they are not only hurting the developmental .

are only helping the cause of those who love to see this country grovel in the dust. .

separatist movements is also greatly misplaced and points to their garbled conception of politics. By doing so, they .

cause of their own nation, but are also playing in to the hands of our enemies. It would be advisable for the .

government to continue its efforts to bring them aboard, while continuing its developmental efforts simultaneously .

without compromising with the security and integrity of the country. The Nepalese Naxalites have shown the way .

by laying down arms and joining the mainstream political process. Our home-grown Naxals ought to take a cue .

from them. .

is t6e enemy, it is a crime not tofieFit!!. U'fien Na;ca{i .

Vandetuataram! Bhat·at Mata Ki Jai!! .

Sd/-Abhishck Rharadwaj, Jt.Secy.. ABVP-JNU. .

J V II I\. .;)t:LI ~Ldry, At:SVP-JNU. .

·~... , ...,.

Sd/-Saunabh Dubey, Vice-President,ABVP-JNU. --· .

.

.

., .

.

Of truth, lies and sexual harassment........ 16.1.07 .

.

~ .

........_ SFrS uraoe on the GSCASH in an attempt to defend their activist. 1s both a desperate tactic and a sham. The ~ttack launched by the SFI on the GSCASH is not only highly vituperative. but wtll have long-term repercussions of a damagmg impact.on the perception of GSCASH as an institution among the student community. AISA condemns SFI for indulging in .

this dangerous game to satisfy their own petty ends. -We hold that the struggle for gender rights and equality is inspired by the very need to end the dominance and misuse of power to perpetuate harassment. Gender equality and a progressive atmosphere on campus is to be achieved not only by creation of progressive institutions but also through the creation of a politica1: atmosphere for radical change. The Left's commitment to gender rights in this campus does not stop at creation of GSCASH. but in the creation of a radical culture which upholds th~ funptioning and ideals of GSCASH and its decisions. And what we see today is a ·gross violation of this .

very duty by the SFI and its activists at every level. _ .

The SFI tirade begs certain questions: . · .· . .

Sflleaflet tells us that the GSCASH at some point held that Mogallan ought to submit a written apology. The .

campus needs to know: At exactly what point djd the GSCASH ask Mogallan Bharti to give a written .

apology? Did he in fact abide by the GSCASH's opinion and submit any apology? Or did he flout that .

.

GSCASH decision? · .

The SFI claims that the ~SCASH decision is biased because its Chairperson belonged to CPI(Ml) and used.

.

.

to be an AISA activist. The ABVP has always claimed that the GSCASH headed by Left persons -such as Ayesha Kidwai ,from the CPI(M} who had been an SFI leader -was biased. Would SFI agree? Is SFI saying that individuals with political and social commitments ought not to take up public posts? The .

outgoing GSCASH Chairperson, slandered by SFI, was not a one-woman enquiry committee -GSCASH procedures and safeguards ensure that a single person cannot alone influence a verdict. So by the calling the observed procedures and decisions of GSCASH biased, is SFI saying that a// the members of the last GSCASH, including other teachers of JNU and a neutral external r:epre~ntative -are all biased? Were they all members of CPI(ML)? Is the SFI' saying that the entire GSCAS'H .body stood a mute spectator to blatant bias on part of the Chairperson? , .

.

If GSCASH's functioning was so biased and inactive, why did not elected student representative in GSCASH. .

owing allegiance to SFI and now their Councillor, not speak out and alert the campus to such distortions? .

Remember that the Mogallan case has been dealt with not just by the outgoing GSCASH but an earlier .

tenure of GSCASH too; and in both cases, SFI tor. had elected representatives in the GSCASH who .

never alleged any bias. Is the SFI saying that the previous tenure of GSCASH was also packed with .

CPI(Ml) members?! SFrs crude and all-out attack on the outgomg GSCASH Chairperson is an insult to the .

credibility of the entire institution. In order to defend 1ts own activist, SFI 1s putting the entire institution of .

GSCASH on the line. .

.

.

.

Moggallan Bharti has acquired various documents of the G' >CASH by filing RTI applications, of which SFJ .

.

.

(technically a third party] has ·made selective t..se in its pamphlet, quoting passages to serve their convenience. This has only fanned slander and gossip agamst the complainants and provided fodder for the right wing to attack the working of GSCASH. His act of quoting selectively from the report reeks of a dishonest politics and an attempt to create a favourable opinion for himself. In the light of these events and their claims of respecting the decision of GSCASH and 'appealing to the campus to observe restraint' is a big sham. He has himself e.xposed the case to public debate by quoting passages from the final report of the case; if he is indeed so honest, let him publish the report in its entirety. Since Mogallan is seeking to sort out the case ·in the put;Jiic arena, let the student community judge for themselves rather than judging it through Moggallan's coloured account. We also believe there is a need for greater public debate to frame guidelines about the extent to which RTI can be deployed without compromising GSCASH's commitment to confidentiality. .

It is indeed strange to see that entire mobilisation/pamphleteering is taking place not to uphold gender rights .

and the rights of the victims to ·protest but to create an atmosphere of personal slander and intimidatjon. How .

are victims of sexual harassment, especially individuals without political backing to defend their .

rights or withstand the pressures of speaking out against organised political forces? .

.

As for the intimidations and hounding of the complainants, that is nothing new-it is part and parcel of the political culture of .

CPt(M)-The campus r~cenUy witnessed the public hounding and harassment of the two complainants. It ·was obvious that .

both complainants had no political associations and no reason to target Mogallan or SFI; since they could not be accused of .

political 'bias', SFI then questioned their sanity! Just as in West Bengat. on the first death anniversary {17 December 2007), .

of Tapasi Malik, the young Singur activist, gangraped and burnt alive by CPI(M) activists, CPJ{M) CC member Benoy Konar .

dedared that "18-year-old Tapas/ had been a 'burden' on her father because she had been unmarried; and that her father .

who had been !3 poor man, was now traveling the whole country anQ_profiting from her death"! Is this the language of gender .

sensitivity? Ear1ier, the same Benoy Konar exhorted CPl (M)'s women cadres "to show their bare buttocks to Medha .

Patkar the neid time she dared to visit Nandigram" (30 January 2007)! While the women cadre did not oblige Konar, the .

men diqthe·same and dragged her by her hair (November 2007)!! SFI's present tirade ,is part of the same culture. .

.

Acts ot sexuaf hanssment combine intimi~_ation of wmen with allega~ions on their morality, credibility and sanity .

to·ON&te a hostile environment. Such a pohtcat culture 1s a threat to JNU s struggle for a more gendeT sensitiVe campus-.

and"~'-'~~~~'eand engage in it must urgently be challenged and resisted. .

.

Awadh&Sb.:. Pres.ident. AISA, JNU . sd/-Sucheta. Jt. Secy,. At SA, .

.

.

On September 29 at Khertanji vllage near Nagpur, 12 reudal goons 'punished' a Daltt mother Surekha Bhotmange for struggling agamst capture of her land· they brutally publicly gangraped her and her daughter and ktlled her sons For two .

12.11 .06 .

months, llus horror was tgnored by the medta, until the Vtdarbha Jan Andolan ratsed it as a campaign. This evening, various social groups held a Protest Demonstration against this rape and massacre at India Gate -which was joined by AISA activists and JNU students. AISA calls upon JNU students to ioln UDSFJis Protest March In large numbers· tonight( 12.11.06) from Ganga Dhaba at1 0.30 pm . .

JNUSU Mandate 2006: A Referendum For Reservations, Against Casteist YFE and Communal ABVP I Against the UPA Govt.'s Surrender to US Imperialism I Against Betrayals of the Movements against Nee-liberal Economic Policies, Displacement and SEZs, and AFSPA 1 Oesptte an aggresstve medta campa gn virtually declanng the YFE s ·victory even whtle the polls were in progress. JNU .

stud&nts did not find much 'merit' in the YFE brand of corporate-backed casteism1 Desp1te the YFE's emergence as a pole and broad platform for the Rlght-wtng forces on the campus JNU students have ftrmly exposed and rebuffed the YFE's reacttonary agenda Further, they have also defeated the ABVP's shrill communal and Jingoistic campaign and decimated the NSUI .

AI SA victory 1n two key posts in the JNUSU Central Panel and AISA's victory on Councillor seats with h1gh scores tn three Schools shows that the JNU student communtty affirmed AISA's .

.

Long pro-reservat1on struggle and tts 34-day HungerStnke against the YFE's anti-quota plank: .

.

.

Struggle agatnst corporate takeover of land and resources-be it tn JNU through the Nestle Outlet or nationally through SEZs. .

.

.

Black Flag Protest against Manmohan Stngh on his JNU visit a year ago .

.

.

Outspoken demand for Justice for Afzal and a Parltamentary Enquiry to identify those responsible for theAttack on Parliament. .

.

.

Call for gender-Just principles 1n polit1cs, .

.

.

·And last year's AISA-led JNUSU's leadership of successful struggles for increased MCM for needy students The YFE's attempt to hijack the Left slogans of People untted shall always be victorious' and the 1mmortal song penned by Bhagat Singh s comrade Ram Prasad 81smil -Sarfaroshi ki tamanna n the same breath as the the v1c1ously anti-Left ABVP slogan of 'Ho Ho Ho ChtMtnh. Bharat Chhodo Bhago Gheen' was grotesQue nd culous and laughable JNU students well know that Bhagat Smgh and his revoluttonary trad1t1on was a soc1alrst commun st trad1hon -firmly Left 1n 1ts outlook Bhagat S1ngh himself repeatedly saluted Lentn and other leaders of the international commun.st and antt-impenal st trad1tion Those who be-lieve that Commumsts admiring Ho Cht Minh and Chavez should leave the natton have no nght to take Bhagat Singh s name or try to appropriate the songs of his comrades! Wtll YFE dare to utter Bhagat Stngh s clanon call to the dahts and backward castes (whom he called the true proletanat~) "Sleeping lions, rise up and rebel you are the mam base of tflis country, the real force. Bring about a revolution w1th your social movement.. ,. The JNU students community must be alert and vigilant to further marginalise the YFE phenomenon. Whtle mobilizing students in struggles to demand imp!ementattvn of 27% quotas for OBCs and 54% increase in seats without delay, the JNUSU must restst the YFE's efforts to fan up a casteist react1on The campaign to expose YFE's fake claims of 'Equality' and its real agenda of perpetuating 1nequalrty must also be intensified The mcrease in AISA's vote share. and its presence in JNUSU w1th redoubled strength is also a powerful mandate agamst the unconstitutional year-long boycott of the JNUSU President by the SFI-AISF component of the outgoing JNUSU, and the SFI-AISF last-ditch attempts to discredit AISA's and the AISA-led JNUSU's role tn the struggle to increase MCM amount. Further, a disturb-ing fact was the way in which both uns1gned leaflets pertainrng to the MCM movement were d1stnbuted. AISA candidates caught two outsiders on a bike (faces covered) pasting a notice full of lies on the MCM 1ssue (comciding with the YFE-ABVP's anti-campaign on MCM), on No Campa1gning Day, and handed them over to the secunty and pohce· however the leaflets reappeared as a leaflet in the messes· and were not confiscated Again, on the day of the election the same leaflet was distnbuted openly. SFI-AISF aC;tJvists were also seen d1stributrng another leaflet m1sleadrngly attnbuted to ·" 5 students who sat on Indefinite Hunger Strike' (though many of the Hunger Stnkers had no knowledge of tt}. w1thout subm!ltmg a copy to the EC as the Code ofConduct stipulates. It is disturbing that a g1rl student who rs a complatnant tn a sexual harassment case against a student leader of the SFI was dtsentranch1sed for distnbut1ng a leaflet w1thout submttting a copy to the EC -but those of the YFE/ABVP and SFI-AISF who did so on the day ofthe election were not penalised in any way Such events tend to lower the level of political pract1ce. and do not bode well for JNU's democracy. In the Tenth Anniversary year of former JNUSU President Comrade Chandrashekhar's martyrdom, 1t IS a fitttng tribute that AISA has won the Vice-President and General Secretary posts 1n the JNUSU polls 2007 will mark a full decade of the martyrdom of former JNUSU President Comrade Chandrashekhar. shot dead in Siwan by a mafia don-turned MP. As JNU's tribute to Comrade Chandrashekhar and to the student movement following his murder, the JNUSU will strive that JNU should set up an Archive of People's Movements -with documentation, films, photographs and footage, fact-findtng reports. etc. Contributions to this Archive can be sought from Citizens's groups, filmmakers. movemental groups, journalists from all over the Country, and JNU students will also be encouraged to make efforts to doocumenUstudy people's struggles Further, 2007 is also the Birth Centenary Year of Shaheed-o-Azam Bhagat Singh The JNUSU should explore the setting up of a Library on the lines of the PC Joshi Archives, providing extensive documentation and translations Into many national and international languages of the writings of the Indian revolutionaries of the freedom struggle. Ef-forts must also be to explore ways to Include such writings in the syllabi of JNU's academiC programmes. .

AISA thanks the JNU student commumty tor strengthentng the democratic process wtth tts enthusiastic part'Cipahon in the elections We also thank the entire JNU EC ror the efficient, smooth and able way in which tl conducted the entire Election Process .

sd/-Rajesh Ranjan. VP, AISA, JNU sdf. Alankar, Jt Secy., AISA, JNU .

.

.

.

Stop Vote-Bank Politics of Appeasement!.

Expose the Communist Congress Naxal.

Nexus to Destabalize Count !!.

.

Friends, .

17.04.2007.

pseudo-secular friends in the campus be they the communists or the ultra radicals like SFI and AISA .

hen the Sacllar Report about the status of Muslims in India came out our enlightened and.

who t d. now used to cry horse about Gujarat (conveniently forgetting their own Nandigrarns,.

Dantewada,.... and the hundreds of innocent lives which has been lost in the mindlessviolence by these ultras and the naxals) failed to convey to the campus and the student ~ .

as a whole (their intentional memory lapses and failures are far to many) that the same .

r~eport had mentioned that from an overall Muslim empowerment standpoint Dravidian ruled I.

a .

and BJP Ruled Gujarat are at the top of the deck while the communist ruled West Bengal is .

tu_ -~om. There in lies the key message from the Sachar Report. For decades now since s .

I.

~e'lce we have witnessed Muslim Vote Bank Politics practiced by the Congress and the other .

1g.

u e fits including the communists while paying lip service to secularism and claiming cover.

-~ ·ectmg Minority Interests. So when the CPI-M and the Congress seek to make the case that .

s.

.. e Sc .

0C g ess ar and Repthe ort Communinails the sts BJP dwell lie in. one cannot but wonder what make believe parallel universe the co:r anything the Sachar findings far from nailing any lie, make it loud and clear that Muslim Vote .

= t.

e.

e~e .

Doli cs have been all about Minority Appeasement and not about Minority Empowerment. They.

e er really about caring for the ordinary Muslim on the road but were always· about how the-c ess and the Communists could trade power, entitlements and fear in exchange for the Muslim v-;;=.a . Be it the Shah Bano Case, be it the kow-towing to fatwas and Ulema, be it the indulgenceImam on key political issues, and be it Haj Subsidy or Wakf Board freebies..

-e ---,::= act is that despite the high-decibel campaign launched by the anti-nationals about the.

ort, there is no sign of any systemic discrimination against the Muslims when it comes to_ ::::"'oblem lies in the enrolment levels of Muslims in schools. The 1999-2000 NSS data show,.

,.-~e that while Muslims comprised 12.2 per rent of the country's population, their share in~-~ ad passed school wa~ just 7.2 per cent. The rest then follows from this number-so; theed just 6.5 per cent of the proportion of those enrolled in college, though they still .

re itheget 9.7 per cent of the total number of "professional, technical and managerial" jobs in the.

_ stilas poverty among Muslims is concerned the all India average for the means per capita.

:::: . PCE (Sachar report) was Rs 712. The figures for Muslims, OBC's and SC/ST's were 636, 1 the __ ~espectively. The MPCE for Muslims is only Rs 76 off the national average amounting to a .

tpita.

536,.

~ _ --ference of Rs 2.50 per day; not something earth shattering as th2 communist, congress,e oeen making it out to be. Further by this crit.....rion, Muslims are better off than SC/ST's to a.

~ -.

ess,.

dus) and almost on par with OBC's (40% of Hindus): certainly not at the bottom of the .

5T's.

thepolitical debate around the Sachar Report is likely to revolve around the question of.

reserva ons or affirmative actions for Muslims. The battle lines are very clearly drawn. Like the OBC.

reserva to .

.

of.

culture of e debate it looks like this debate too will very quickly degenerate into one about creating a >Beaccess · tlement rather than one of empowerment and independence. Rather than focus on.

o educational opportunities and subsequent empowerment it now looks certain that the.

Congress andMuslims. gona .

· .

. . . . Lm E:SS~nttt~tt~es he. govern.n:ent's policy ~ocus i.s firmly on de-ghetoization and workforce mobility any to .

s Communist allies will resort to myopic shortcuts of doling out Government jobs to the .

~arg.ettng reltgtous Mtnortttes wtll be mere.

tnstttut1onal1zat1on of vote bank politics which we have seen fuels radicalization and lip service and will lead.

When on to further.

looks at an Azirn Premji heading WIPRO an Abd I h It t · lny.

headtng the Indian Cricket Team, an Aamir Khan or Shahruk u . ~ e ers erronsm. 1er.

sees a successful Indian professional not a Muslim. 0:"1"' h Kalam ~eadmg I~dJa, an Azharuddin.

.

h Khan capttvattng mtnds and hearts, one rn..

~c,or~s ofMusUm !· T. professionals have done well for th~-msasl to ?nly t~avel to Hyderabad to see how.

re rgiOUS Identity Irrelevant.

The Nat· .. jin.

10!'1 would do well t eves In a Mtcrosoft or I fVot~ B~uk Politics can hurt . an n osys rendering neinto Assam and West 8 o_ pay attenton to an instructiv >Wth_e na~on. Look at what the illegal ;,.!~~sr~ ~tudy on how Muslim lgfr~m B_angladesh as ac!~~~~'~o~~,b~ tk our democracy. By cultivati~g t~on f~om Bangladesh.

mgraton, the Congress in Assam n and by refusing to act tough on th ""!;rrants Muslims n.

sowed the seeds for perennial st 'f .

. e I egality of their hn e '" that state. The s r .

.

.

The Modi 'Development' Myth .

Gr1en the sustained media blltzkneg in his favour, let us examine some ofthe claims made on behalfof Gujarat under .

Modi. But as we sift the facts from the hype, we can see that Gujarat's performance on all criteria has not been in any .

way better than that of other states, and moreover, Gujarat's neoliberal development model has displayed all the .

di5tressing effects on people's lives and the economy that have been felt in the rest of the country. .

Take the count of economic growth rate: Gujarat in the past five years was outstripped by Maharashtra, Haryana, .

Chh;Jltisgarh, Bihar and Odisha. In terms of per capita income, in 2011, Gujarat ranked 6th among major states, and hJS h1gher per capita debt than UP or Bihar. .

And, Gujarat's social indicators too tell the same sorry story that has marked the neoliberal model in the rest of India. .

~~)bless crowth has been the norm-NSSO data shows growth in employment for the period 1993-94 to 2004-05 was .

2.b9 purcentage per annum, whereas for 2004-05 to 2009-10 it came down to zero. In 2011, Gujarat ranked 1Phin the HlH1'1JI1 Development Index. .

Wlmn 1t comes to crucial indicators like education and health, Gujarat has witnessed a decline in ranking to 9th and .

lOt" positions respectively in agroup of19 major states. Education, health and nutrition indicators are dismal, especially .

for women and children. In the Global Hunger index, Gujarat is part of the bottom 5 states in India, and globally, .

pt:!rforms worse even than countries like Haiti. 80% of children below 4 years and 600/o ofpregnant women are anaemic in GuJJrat (a virtual anaemia epidemic that Modi laughs offas a case of 'beauty conscious girls' starving themselves!). .

In social sector spending as a proportion of public expenditure, Gujarat ranks a lowly 19th among India's 21 major states. Atul Sood, in a recent collection of essays, Poverty Amidst Prosperity: Essays on the Trajectory ofDevelopment .

in Gujarot, notes that Gujarat "witnessed not merely jobless growth but also the lowest share of wage income in total income, one of the highest use of contract workers in organized manufacturing and rising trends of casualisation of .

workforce. " .

What about corruption and corporate plunder? A CAG audit reveals that Modi's Government has done in Gujarat .

what Manmohan Singh's did at the Centre: extend undue benefits to corporations at huge coststo the public exchequer and loss of livelihoods. The 2010-11CAG report tabled in Gujarat assembly on 30 March 2012, has estimated bungling of more than Rs16,000 crore in 2010-11. It had also pointed out irregularities of Rs26,672 crore in the Modi government in the last nine years. To take just one example, the CAG has observed that the Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation, supposed to be Modi's special pride and joy, has suffered huge financial losses due to cost overrun at KG basin block where production has not commenced even after spending over Rs 7,000 crore (Rs 70 billion). The CAG l-tas observed that GSPC, with its consortium, submitted a bid for acquiring the KG block "without properly assessing related technical and financial issues." Consequently, while in 2005, Modi had announced that GSPC's KG basin block contained gas reserves over 20 TCF and production would begin within two years; but now the DGH (director general, h;,dro carbons) has certified that the KG basin block does not have more than 2 TCF gas reserves. Besides irregularities and cost overrun at KG basin project, the auditor has also noted that GSPC has suffered financial losses in gas trading activities on account of undue favours extended to Modi's most favoured industrial house, the Adani group. The CAG report notes, nouring 2006-09, GSPC sold gas to Adani group at a price which was much lower than its purchase price. This incurred loss of Rs 70.5 crore (Rs 705 million)." No wonder Modi tried his best to block the appointment of a Lokayukta in Gujarat for a very long time. Particularly when he was facing allegations of massive corruption and irregularities in at least 17 scams! .

So, the 'Modi model' is no different in its economic essentials than the Manmohan modeL Why, then, is Gujarat a .

preferred destination for the corporations? When faced with peasants' protest in West Bengal or workers' protests in Haryana, why do corporations threuten to take their business to Gujarat instead? .

\r\lhat the corporations hope is that Modi can successfully overcome the obstacles to higher economic 'growth' ( ·tseli J code word for faster circuiJt1on of CJpltJI 1Jnd h13hcr returns on investments), by " managing" democracy as he has done in GujarJtthrounh n comblntJtion ofcommunal terror and sops to some sections. They hope this model wtll be able to .lV~rt the kind ol popular mu:.1. prole~lbth\H th~ M.:mmohJn Singh regime has witnessed, given growing pubIic anucr l1t lhr! sordid ~wry or tfH' nexu:; ol torpor.tlion~ ..ntd politic.s lhJt led to ~ haemorrhaging of the c;ountry's .

resources ~1nd ·l'>!» l~h It 1--. f11 tnOint~lll 'i of crhl~ th,Jt CJplt~tllsm seeks o fascist resolution, exemplified by an authoritorian lcJdrt nnd ,, 'h:trd' :.L1tn And .o the-corpot.ttions. hope thJt Modi's 'Hindutva hero' image combined with the 'govcrn:m(c; .·~upc.rmnn' iuHntu tH ;_aftrd hy tho llOtortou\ mtcm~tionJI PR Jgency APCO and corporate media, .

will suffice.' to get hitn to pow"r [nHI to dillu(.c 1J1e fHIIIth,._d u i'h ot ..15t.ltc beleaguered by people's protest movement::,. .

Mod 'm:1gic' lit~~ prc'owly Ill theml~ orPt'O UOipomt.oI)OIIi.'IIJt~, !JIIthill'itudan t:ovcnmncc, and 'consent' manufactured on J rot1111HIIl,.11 pi.Htl< lldtl, :il mrtl viol1i" , .

i1l\lllrtt.ltilltlutlt1Wt I. ,, 1'''\r It lr\ll~d~~~~~ t o f the 1con~(.'nt ' Modi has achieved .

h ,..-: nt.t)<:OIIlDfJin, l'-'l)tt-' '1~livn IIJVPHI.Hil '' liHttltll IIi t.ultll tll, d ;,L~II'~"-u l folk\.' ''lllClUrll01~ w~re scnpted to build up 2 .

.

.

Modi's imag .

encounters .

together by .

the social~ .

derides sec~ .

language .

('ham IJdcmJ .

name ('Ja .

done with .

towards t .

The prevaili .

On the one .

with the Hi .

Modi hasp .

This is a .

been India .

always a fig .

the RSS' m .

fanning up .

· On the heel failures beh Hindus and contempt fo .

Clearly Mo .

and progre .

'Secular' .

I .

In response .

communalis .

For Congre. formations, and 'comm .

politics doe .

.

of ensuring .

non-BJP rul .

betrayal oft .

or the liber .

Manmohan to his Gover Rajiv Gandh killing isn't communal 9 .

.

.

Should .

science teac .

(killed by Ar .

The 'normal .

media disco .

.

.

.

'.

A3 ' .

.

.. .

A4 .

leader Biju Patnaiksaid 'Theseatsof the Congress and BJP are vacant..

Stu" Sena has passed a J'("S()}ution in the Bombay Municipal Corpora-The left parties are present." He then asked Smt. Sushma Swaraj (BJP).

, tion demanding exemption from reserving one third of seats in that "Whereareyourmembers?" "She replied 'Theyarecoming." But theybody for women.The BJP has not dared to publicly challenge it. In fact never came. Nor did the Congress members and nor did the rulingboth the B)Ps a1lies, the Shiv Sena and the Samta party opposed the party. lt was a betrayal of the assurance given to the women of thispassage of the B1ll in the Lok Sabha. Thus itwas not just a question of .

country..

one individual member of the BJP opposing the Bill. With the largest Some attempts are being made to cover up lhe role of the bour-numbers of MPs belonging to it, if the BJ P had been honest in its geOis parties by branding al.l the political parties in the same colour..

commitment there would have been no problem in getting the Bill .

However the debate showed that it is only the left parties who are thepassed. The party has to take the full responsibility for the betrayal. .

reliable allies of women's struggles for equality..

The debate also showed once more the unity of understanding.

among fundamentalists of different communities when it comes to .

.

Questions Raised by Opponents of the Bill.

opposition to women's rights. Both the Shiv Sena and the Muslim There has been debate outside Parliament with several questions.

League spoke in one voice. The fom1er represented byShri Sarpotdar .

being asked. Some of them are: said "Instead ofbringi.ng a legal provision let us slowly and gradually 1. At the panchayat level reservations are alright because the.

try and change the men~alityof men " ...The latter represented by ShriBanatwala said he could be associate \"Vith the Bill which was unwar-issues are local issues which women relate to. But at the Parliament .

ranted, ill advised and unwise." level women are not yet capable of dealing with the issues ofGovernment policy etc..

The debate also showed the feudal approach of many members . who repeatedly referred to Hindu Goddesses as a measure of the This question assumes that male candidates for Assembhcs orParliament know all about Government policies. In fact the records.

respect they had for Vlomen. W~nwe worship devis, they said, it is show that a large number of maleMLAsand MPs do_not participate in.

clear that Indian culture respects women. This myth wascountered by the debates at all. Secondly, this question alsoa·ssumes that women areMPs from the Left wno.said that in so-called Indian culture women non thinking beings. However evidence from o ther fields such aswere being burned to death. Women were also repeatedly referred to school or college results show that women students are doin~ better.

as mothers and family carers almost as though they had no other role than their male counte~parts in almost all streams of acadan:u cs.' The.

to play. The independent identity of a woman, her own rights, de-fact is that merit or knowledge of national issues is not the cntena formands and needs as an independent citizen were rarely referred to. .

most political parties in their choice of candidates..

There were also many objectionable comments in the name of h~mour .

2. Reservations will strengthen ptoxy politics at the State and.

.. made whichhavebeen recorded. Shri Rajesh Pilot for instancesaid that .

national level and only help wives or relations of powerful male.

if they (women members) were making such a noise now (in support .

politicians. .

-.

' of the Bill) what would happen when their number was increased. ..

We may not like it but it is true that in our country fam1ly con-Other members of the Congress party also took an ambiguous nections do matter in all areas of activity. A son or daughter are moreposition. The Congress party claimed ithas issued a whiptoensure the .

·-presence of its members. But when it came to the time for voting very than likely to be influenced by their parents in their choiceof~~a~eer .

ora wifeby her husband. At present a largenumberof.n:a.lepohttcJans.

.

few were present. arc the sons or fathers or brothers of important pohticta~. ~lmost.

The CPI(M) MP SomnathChatterjee threetimes intervened to cut every State Assembly has the representatives of the 'beta b~gade..

--.short the discussion and ensure that the Bill was passed. He moved a.

' Dynastic politics and patronage are encouraged by al~ bourg~ts par-.

closure motion also which was opposed by none other than the self tics. However many of the relations develop in thetr o~-vn ngh.t .as.

proclaimed champion of equal rights Socialist leader George Fernan-.

I independent politicians. Similarly womenalso may.comemto pohti~s.

des w)lo opposed the passage of the Bill on petty technic~! grounds..

.

by virtue of their family connections. But many wtll also dev.elop m.

Ultimately at the time of the voting only the MPs of the CPI(M), their own right. Today in the sub continent, in Bangladesh, Sn LankaCPI and other left parties were present in their full strength. the JD .

' 9.

8 .

.

; .

'. ' .

' ' --.

'.

f ' .

.. ... ·"-' . ' .

~" .. .

.

.

c. tllftftl 6BM of SES and Sanskrit held on 3rd October 2008 (Friday), the con,H:ner report Presented by .

counciUcrs has been passed unanimously where as the report presented l>y both AISA and SFI's ~~-- coundllors in sss has been defeated significantly. This is a clear cut message from the JNU student .

loning the fake &_f~.S.J~olitics ~lay~<! by_!!'t_e communist ..,gc;;;o-=o;..:..n;.::s~=-·------~--.

lOOif WIIO IIIJ&tUDJ&MI&!!! .

Arif Moham_!!!~~-~hj'!!_ \'t'I'St' ~1.h ll!Ot~d .l Propht~th. tr.1d1t1on :;t~ymg that .. ,, a people, desp1te bemg strong and .

.

008 numervus. oo nothmg to stop those f"''t".' ~"l0"'19 them "ho do \.\WOI'\<1, then they Will be surrounded wth pun1shment". .

f<;n:;.

:rrqr.

H1story 's full of anst~:,..:.c!:l ~1)0\\1)9 how a small group of people or mdtvlduals by therr od1ous acts have mconventence(l the cornmurut1es th~' oelono to. ToliJ'; the l\1uslims as a commun1ty are passmg through a difficult penod !ITfr .

on account at the actl\·ti~S or' tenonsts who shameless!} use 1eltgion to JUSlilY the1r cnmcs. .

TcfT .

A common Nushm. l1.,_e tus usv ~arnmg Ills datly bread and raistrHt the famtly. Wtth 1ncreased .

awakenmg ab\."lUt mouc=r·1 edut.:ltin, QON1 fl.Jmbers ot Nu::.hm fam1ltt>.s from rural areas h;"'' tnoved to urban c.er1tres to !R .

hal rrom vtllages .Jnd J~'pend o-cr Vletr mc0 n~,_-. OP n1ral sources. In many cases 1t s only the mothers and children who are .

hvmg here, wntlc tile men $pt!nd most of tht:!ir tune m nat1ve plclces to arrange the nect?ssary means for the family to carry ensur~ educat1on for ttlt"tr w~rd$. o\ c-asu.)l S\llve\ or tne f~mii1C$ 1tv1ng in Jamta Nagar will slluw that the majority of them .

II On the other hand, attracted by ths large populatiOn, more than two dozen Muslim outf1ts have established on m DeihL Theu onlv concem ts a SJfe and peaceful environment congemal for academ1c put su1t. .

communtty. T~~~ :nclude organ1sat10ns hke the Person.11 Letw Board, Musltm MaJIIs-e-Mushawarat and Jamaat-e-lslaml. .

themselves m th1s nerghboltrl'lood taking upon them the responsibility to leild and organ1se the rellgtous and soc1al life of the .

None of these organasattons 1s kno\\n for promotmg soctal 'etonn or· educat1on. t-1ost of the time they are competmg w1th .

each other Hl cry no wolf and pre::.st.lg the 1ecd to :f11ght agamst unagmed threats to the Mushm rel1g1on and 1dent1ty. .

If we lool.. at some unportant events of the past th~n an 1dea can be formed about the act1v1ttes and mindset that 1s Occastonall\· thev also succeed "' secur ng pos1t1ons of power for tlle1r nommees and th1s poht1cal patronage helps them lo .

w1den thetr net\..,or~ tn the commumty..

c ' sa1d in an interv1cw to a weekly that a ban on the book would only .

promoted by these OrQanisatlons. A.tter the official ban on The Satamc Verses, Mushlrul Hasan, the present v1ce chancellor .

and then 'teacher 10 the h~story de!"'artment ot Jarrua .

boost 1ts sales and 1ncrease the arculatton at the ObJeCtionable writ1ng. His remarks were not in support of the book, its overtime to msttQate and exctte the f~ehngs resultmg m a situalton where desprte contmuinq on the rolls of the umvers1ty contents or the \\'riter, yet they pr'Ovoked an ~ngry and v1olent protest ins1de the campus. The Musl1m outf1ts worked .

Mushirul Hasan could not enter the campus for more than three long year-; D~l! ng the war an Afghanistan. public e'\pr~..-.ssaon~ of solldanty wath Osilrna bm Laden were made and posters 1n h1s support were pnsted an the area by some self-appo111te<1 champ1ons l)t 1"1ushm Interests. Th1s was done desp1te the .

kno-.\'l~dge that Os.:Hl'1 and AI-Qaeda were darectly mvolved 111 terror .1cuvatu,;s 111 Knshm1r. r remember hav1ng met many .

Mushms from lam1a Nagar who ~;;;xpressed the1r utter mc:KJrh1tlon ovt?r t!H' ep1sode ancl felt sorry for not bemq_ able to oppose .

In 1990, Prof f-lush1rul Haq, the v1ce chancellor or l\1shmu Untversaty, was k1llecl by terronsts m Snnagar. S1nce he .

these undes1rable act1v1t1es. .

was an old teJcter of Jamta, hrs bunal took place lll::)lde till'' urnpuc;. As dn <1cadcrnlllc:ln I had held h1m m great esteem and .

dunng the Shah Bano controversy had sought l11s op1naon on several occas1ons. l went to attend h1s last ntes and walked .

almost a ~lametre wtll tlte funeral processaon. After reach1119 the bunal ground suddenly the hghts went out and 1n that .

darkness I was attacked w1th an 1ron rod, causrng head mtury. Later, lnQulnes revealed that the students who had organ1sed .

the blackout and attacl... belonqed tc.. the Jamaal-e-IslanH. It '" 1mport.pubhc Day g1vmg nse to communal tension. It IS true .

that on every Kcas1on they had wtthdrawn the c.ulls, but that cllcl not help m lessenmg the tens1on. .

The most rmportnnt r--1uslm organasal1on operat1ng from l'he Jarn1a neighborhood is the All rndta Muslim Per~onal Law Board and ts aCflllales. Dunng lheu agttme Court JUdges are nat competent lo mterpret Muslim personal law. the Supreme Court Jlld<Jment, almost every mmistc1 who rose to defend the measure referred to the apprehensions of ~cull that dunnq p.:H laament.,.ry cl1scuss1on of Lhe b1ll that was brought in to negate the 1m pact of It is Important to ' threats to law and order ans1ng on account ol' an aggressive Jnd VIOlent agitation. .

tnl~ r(liSe tlletr voice but they lose nerve when they see the political prom1scu1ty and Such dCt1v1tes of these f\ilusltm outftts ure ds much t1 source of consternt:~tion to common 1\.luslims as they are to .

l .

other lndrans. Occasionally some 1'1us.

.

influence enjoyed by these extremtst elements. .

The establishment must realise th<~t the pol1ce can f1ghL terror1sts, not terrorism. Terrorism can be conta1ned only by .

a strong poht1cal w1ll that 1dent1ttes <:~nd ISOI<ltes ind1v1duals and org~msations promoting a v1olent mindset and does not .

vour them With pollt1cal n~trnn .

on 5 I 53 !Zti!lJ.

"TIItltOiti!M DCINBII: IB!OlOCl'& SIltAT!CY0 .

Set/-Santosh Pathak, V1ce-Pres1dent, ABVP-JNU. .

V~lndemataram' Bharat Mata ki Jai!! Visit us: jnuobvp.blogm_ot..£9_FIL .

Sd/-Vineet Chaturvedi, V1Ce·Pres1dent, ABVP-JNU. .

E-mail us: abvpln'l~a:gmpil.~9m .

.

c::. Ol -.

_ P·7-o .n .

~· .

Jt.

ess.

.

mdnd .ve..

-.

.

) .

.

.

j .

~t:, I .

____---;'/ ~·~~ ~ j .

:~ ~~ ~'? ~ "(a>~ ~~ .

~~ .,,1 .

North-East and Kashmir. · · · tl NDA () ~ ~ '~ .

1 8 P' · · s weak and unconvmcmg -smce 1e Govt itself h ~ .

On the Sethusamudram project too, the J s pOSitiOn wa 'd I t ever that the reef was a d 4 initiated and passed the project. and since there was no evt encc \\ la soS p . BJP' man-rnade 1 1.

construction However the UPA Government surrendered abject!}' to the ang 1 f~~va~ an~h . s communal desions and.attempts 'to pass off mythology as histor·y, by withdrawing the A~l'sa 1 avl lodn teblssue adnd taking .

actton against the ASCoffic1als who had qu1te ng 1t y potn e .

the historical existence ofa 'Ram bridge'. .

.

b . . · 1 1 · t d oul that myLhologtca 1 texts cou no e use to prove .

UPA-United Partners OfAmerica?! . . . , . , .

Continuing with the BJP-Ied NDA regime's foreign policy. the UPA Government has tted lndta m strategc slavery .

to the imperialist USA. The red carpet welcome to George Bush, the vote again~t the fran at the IAEA a~d the Nuke .

Deal are proofofthe UPA Govl's pro-imperialist positions. The UPA Govt.'s clauns that the Nuke Deal wtll solve t~e .

energy needs of India's gro''ing economy arc proved to be a lie by the fact that at ~est, by 20.2?, nuclear energy wdl .

provide merely 7% -and that too not 7% of India's total energy needs but just Ind1a,s electriCity needs. Apart from .

formidable costs of imponcd nuclear plants, there are enormous environmentaL health and safety hazards. Re_al .

.

purpose of the Nuke Deal is 1101 enerro but larger strategic relationship bet\Veen USA and India whereby USA \".II .

closely control every aspect of fnd ia's economy, military and foreign pol ic}. Tlw Hyde Act reveals the real text of thIS .

slavish deal: \\.hereby the Deal is contingent on India's foreign policy being 'congruent' to that of the USA. BJP's .

'opposition' to the deal is purely farcical as they were the original proponents of the deal. Unfortunately, CPJ-CPI(M), .

is performing yet another political theatre of pretending to "oppose'' the deal. CPI-CPI(M)must explain : why .

.

<lfteraiJ they are nol asking for· a vote on the deal in the Parliament? Why are CPI-CPI{M) interested only in .

"'pause" and 'debate"(without vote) and 110 1 eject and reject? .

.

Not just this, the UPA Govt. is strengthening everyday its military, commercial and strategic ties with racist .

colonialist Israeli and the military dictator hip of Burma even in the face of their increasing brutality. Shocking!) .

CPI-CPI(M) and their repre entatives in our campus, once again, never condemn UPA's military and .

commercial support with the e killer and racist regimes. lnfact, CPI(M) govt in Bengal itself has commercial .

.

ties with colonial and racist Israel! .

JNUSU in the face of the Burning Questions of Our Time .

The ongoing people's mo' ements and their brutaI repression by the state, as \VCII as the assauIt ofanti-people poIicies .

demand a powerful suppon and solidarity by JNUSU. llowever it was only that section of JNUSU, led by the JNUSU .

Vice President and General Secretary, who ensured continuous support of JNU students against displacement, .

draconian laws and caste repression in the country. The other section of JNUSll leadership were conspicuous by .

their silence, as they were more keen to serve their political bosses in UPA and CPI(M) government in West.

.

Bengal. .

On Reservations and Rights ofSC/STs and OBCs .

In the face of renewed offensive by YFE, and their machinations to stall 27% reservation. social humiliation and .

virulent casteist attacks through administrative and social means against the forces of social justice, JNUSU led b) .

the VP and Gen. Secy articuIa ted a strong posit ion in the A pri I I 0 AC meeting, in fa' our of implementation of 27% .

reservation and 54% seat increase without any staggering in JNU. When the Supreme Court sta) on OBC quota, it \\as .

.

JNUSU VP and Gen. Secy alone who called for a Protest March on campus and at Parliament Street. Implementation of27% reservation remains a key question and all attempts to derail it must be robust!) countered. We stood in solidarity with AIIMS doctors against the victimization of dalits and 'iolation of Constitutional SC/ST quotas in AIIMS and protested against the brutal lynching ofa dalit college student, Chandrasen by upper caste goons.

in Pratapgarh, U.P. .

On Struggles Against Corpora te Land Grab and Police Firing .

The JNUSU VP and Gen. Secy. organised a protest-demo again~l the Nandigram firing and masscre; this .

was boycotted by the .INUSU Vice President and Joint Sccretar). Th can only be explained b) the .

fact that CPI(M) itself is engaged in the worst form of state rcpre%ion nnd IOrccd eviction of peasant!') in .

.

1 .

West Bengal for SEZs The}' arc silent on Khammam because in the mirror of Khammarn, they ce the .

face of Nandigram. .

-' .

.

.

.

SCM.J\.1:-.

l. It a premier institute regarding its work, which has to be gtven the industrial interface .

2. We ensure the provtston of representation of the school tn the union so that they can update their problems to the unton .

SC&SS:-1 The schoolltbrary wtll be upgraded quahty and quanttty wise. .

2. .

LINUX \\IIJ be introduced. .

.

3. .

Fellowship for the students who join this department at M Tech level with a GATE score. .

.

.

4. Web space allotment to SC&SS. .

SES: -.

L CIF has to be made open 24 hours, 7 days a week, whtch ts common in all science schools. .

2. Course restructures, including abolishing package A&B, having a proper .

field trip also change the practical coursework's, wh1ch are not having environmental approach. .

3. Remedial courses for the students with non-math backgrounds. .

4. More industnal outlook. .

SIT: -.

1. .

Rapid course up gradation based on market demand .

.

2. .

Give the SFC representation m union as temporary arrangement as they don't have a councilor .

.

3. .

University should take the responsibiJity of the matnta1nance of the lawn in SIT. .

.

.

4. .

Proper electricity backup. .

SLS:-.

.

1. .

Up gradation in CIF. .

.

2. .

Industrial intetface. .

.

3. .

School library up gradation .

.

.

.

4. .

Proper electricity backup .

SPS: -.

.

.

1. Transportatton is a major problem as the JNU bus is not regular. .

2. More journals tn the school It brary. Friend the above satd is a broad framework ofour dream aboul !:)Ctcnces Thts agenda is not a close system but open to constructive mputs. Please vote and support the enttre AB VP central panel. Change the Present unton to see change at the &rround level .

President: Dhananjay Singh .

Vice president: Ankita Bhattachcuya .

General secretary: Pritish Sahu .

Joint secretruy: Manoj Pant .

.

.

.

.

ALL INDIA STUDENTS' ASSOCIA.riON (AISA) t4.s.os .

.

Resist the PM's Efforts To Give Colonialism a 'Human Face' ! .

On the 58th Anniversary of Independence, .

Will the PM Apologise For His Insult to Indian Freedom Struggle ?! .

.

'British Rule was an act of enterprise, adventure, creativity'-PM Manmohan Singh at the District Collector's Conference In .

Delhi in May 2005 .

'We did not entirely deny the British claim to 'good governance'; we only asserted our natural claim to self-governance'. .

-Manmohan Singh at Oxford Un1v .

The PM has tried to cover up the shame of the Congress-sponsored carnage agamst S1khs in 1984 by apologising to the nation; .

butm his speech from the Red Fort, wtll he apologise for the way in which lnd1an police and Army are recreating colonial horrors by beating up workers in Gurgaon, shootmg and arresting farmers in RaJasthan and Punjab, and the Raj legacy of unemployment and starvation are once again stalking India? Bhagat Singh had warned that colonial structures of exploitation would continue if Indian nation alism and freedom failed to have a revolutionary basis. Today, even the Supreme Court has shown its 'Black Saheb' nature by defending WTO-dictated policies of privatlsation of education, under which deprived sections of Indians will have no place, but NRis will enjoy reservation! .

To turn mfam1es into feats. accumulation is detached from despoliation, opulence has nothing to do with plunder. Broken memory leads us to believe that wealth is Innocent of poverty. -Eduardo Galeano .

How 1s the lndtan Prime Minister able to turn the infamy of two centuries of colonial exploitation and brutal domination Into a feat of 'adventure and enterprise'? How rs he able to argue that British wealth and status as a developed nation today is innocent of lnd1a's poverty? The editorials in the mainstream corporate media defended the PM's praise of the Raj; according to them, the PM's views are 'balanced', while the ·extreme' "ultra-Left" (CPIML) and the ·unra-R1ght" (BJP) are the only ones to have criticised that speech. Is this true? .

Does the Sangh Have Any Right to Criticise the PM's Pro·Raj Views? .

No one has pointed out that the founding fathers of the Sangh had expressed approval of Brit1sh Rule even at the height of the freedom struggle; Golwalkar had chast1sed the freedom fighters of being 'reactionary' (reactmg blindly against the British}! Back then, the RSS had recommended that nationalism should not be anti-colonial or anu-Bntish in content, but in fact should come from the inherent Impulse of Hindus for a Hindu Rashtra, a nation of therr own .

Did the British Provide 'Good Governance'? .

Manmohan Singh gave Bnt1sh colontalism a certificate of 'good governance'. saying the British were responsible for introducing 'Fair Play·. 'Rule of Law·. lnd1an bureaucracy, police, Un1versities and laboratories and even the 'Free Press'. Let's examme whether this is based on fact. .

'Fair play' and the 'Rule of Law'? Were the British and Indians equal In the eyes of this law? How can the institutionalised racism embedded in the colonial structures of 'governance' be called 'fair play'?! .

The ICS: Recall that even 1n the ICS about which Mr. Singh waxes lyrical, the demand for exams to be held in India was denied for half a century and lndtans were barred from holdmg the topmost posts .

Free Press: As for the fairytale of a 'Free Press' and freedom of expression -has Mr. Singh forgotten the draconian Rowlatt Act, introduced to muzzle dissent? Has he forgotten the horrific Ja!lianwala Bagh massacre unleashed in cold blood on people who res1sted the Rowlatt Act? Recall that the immediate context in which Bhagat Singh flung his bomb in the Assembly was the lndustnal Disputes Bill, brought in to ban workers' strikes. And the Un1versit1es and laboratories? .

Un iversities and labs: It is incredible that Manmohan Singh should thank the British for these-when the fact is that most Universities of the time were set up through nattonalist initiatrve and fund ingI .

.

True. Mr Stngh has quoted Angus Maddison to justify Indian 'grievance' against colonialism. pointing out that India's poor .

economic status in colonial t1mes What Mr. Singh doesn't mention is that the British consolidated their wealth and strength by .

mfllctmg th1s poverty through ruthless loot and repression .

What the PM Forgot to Thank the British For .

But there are many gifts for which Mr. S~ngh forgot to thank the British. Foremost among them are the deep communal wounds on our polity, inflicted by the policy of Divide and Rule, thanks to which our nation continues to bleed Mr. Singh may thank the British for Engl1sh: will he also thank them for their role in the calculated and painful amputation of Urdu from Hindi, which distorted our precious linguistiC legacy? .

The British introduced the barest minimum elements of modernity as were required to rule and to plunder effectively. Existing industry was brutally destroyed Concerned only with extracting back-breaking f'C" nue, they gave Institutions like the zamindari a new lease of life and brutally crushed anti-feudal uprismgs of the peasantry -the result is the mass of dallt agrarian poor remained shackled by structures of feudal oppression. .

sdl-Awadhesh Gen. Secy., AISA, JNU .

sd/-Sandeep Singh,, Jt. Secy., AISA,JNU .

.

.

.

-th' ntrv ;eave in worst ccndticns of penury and destitution In the rural areas. osu st'OnQIY .

percent of ~s='~i;nt~~t~~ of the Indian ruling classes towards Imperialist loot and plund~r and stresses the need to .

.

1.

agrarian policY which can only ushere<;ltr. bY a pro-people government that wtll stand against the.

~;~:na~ro-~le· .

4::t k. ·· perlal· ts and theiolocal compradot Jgents tooth and natl..

pro" see tng tm · · · n · t. t' d G, b 1· t\ th I d..

With the dee~ning grip of the policies of uberalisatto~, c;tva tsa ton an .a a tsa on e n .tan economy has been ever .

15.

more stranQIY embedded in the ;mperiaHst web, espeoaii~,With the US. The pohcles of LPG are nothing but the dictates of .

Structural Adjustment programme (SAP) pedalled by the IMF ~nd World Bank that the ~ndian ru~lng classes have been .

implementing since t991. Thishas result~ In the most brutalised existence for the vanous sectons of he masses. With the.

.

~.

vice like grip of recession neeong the Indtan economY, the sttuaUon of the masses has gone from bad ,a worse. AnY .

political partY ~:hethe' ,tis the tongress, BJP, or the parliamentary Marxtsts hke CPM, CPI or CPI(ML) Liberation or any of .

thetr l<ind ~.ave not'l.ng concrete to offer to the people except a further dose of the same policies as is evident from the .

recent overtures of the Indian government in opening up the insurance structure to the imperialist capital and several such .

.

measures. More than 600 SEZs have been approved by the Indian government which is nothing but creating enclaves where ~he taw of the land is not applicable. Along with this are the hundreds of MOUs signed by the Indian government and various state governments with Imperialist and comprador monopoly capital for mining, construction of super highways, mega-dams, which is nothing but the unbridled loot and plunder of minerals and resources of the vast sections of the peop!e. osu will m~l<e all efforts to expose and to struggle against the farce of parliamentary 'democracy and elections. .

12. The ruling classes knowing fully well that the masses are not going to take it lying \ow have also enhanced the teeth of the .

government with more draconian laws like the ULPA and vanous other local variants of the same enaaed by the respective .

state govemments. ThiS is despite the provisions of more draconian laws like the AFSPA in the North East and Kashmir, the .

.

PSA (Kashmir), the Dtsturbed Areas Act (DAA) and similar such Instruments whteh has strengthened the fascist autnoritarian hands of the state. Those who offer ur1!1inch1ng resistance to the anti-people policies of the state are met with such bloodY o~igilante campaigns like Salwa Judum In Chhattlsgarh, the Harmad goons of the CPM in Nandigram, Singur, Salbom, Lalgarh, the '11ercenary forces of the state on the heroic masses of Kalinganagar, Kashipur, Jagatslngpur etc. osu .

resolves to stand aga;nst the repressive pohcies of the state and to support the people's movements fighting these policies. .

13. In recent years we have experienced an upsurge of privatization drive in different aspects of education which has been .

consistent v;ith the reportS that Knowledge Corr.mission, Birla-Ambani Report suggested. ~\ajar thrust in these reports has .

been de-politicizatior. c' student bodY-the recor-:'11e'1datiQns of LYngdo~ committee is an instrument of facilitating .

prio~atization by repressing students' voice of a\sse"lt res;.stance and right to unionize. ?rivatization of education also largely .

.

ensures t:'tis process in JNU as well. We have experienced privatization of education through introduction of different market-a' enied courses, privatizing baste ame'lit\es. DSJ resolves to struggle against pnvatization of education and to fight .

to estatJtish a democratic, scientiftc and people oriented education. .

osu recognised the need to intensify the students movement within JNU and outside to face the grave·challenges posed by privatization of education, growing unemployment, curbing of democratic nghts through draconian measures lll<e Lyngdoh committee Recommendations, scuttling of reservation, depoliticisation, right-wing attaci<S on minorities, oppressed castes and tribal communities, patriarchy and violence on women, state repression of the revolutionary mo·;ement, the present economic crisis of .

world ;mperia\\sm and so on. ln doing so, we must also expose and intensify the fight against reviStontsm and opportunism within .

the students' movement on campus, In the proceos of building up a genuine alternative to tile election-centric politics of AISA and .

Sf!. The fascist attacl<s by ABVP goons in JNU haS been going on unabated with tile active shielding and support of not only the .

.

administration but also a section of v .e teachers. The Inability and even unwillingness to confront the sanghl \umpens beyond .

empty-phrase "'angering by both SFl and particularly by 'radical' AISA, has embOldened these fascists and the list of their violent .

acts are ever increasing. In this situation, osu recognises its responsibility to mobilise the student community to confront the .

.

sangh-giroh 10 campus and brirg tr.em tll justice..

SimilarlY, the very crucial ongoing fight against privatisation of campus cannot be clinched with either AISA or Sfl in the lead, ~.hose gross betrayal of the trust of the student community has been repeated so often that the students no longer expects them to 'fight' issues beyond tokenism. In times of real crisis their strategy has been to withdraw from the movement or to compromise with the administration and thereby bacl<stab the aspirations ·of tM student community. After rustication orders, AISA-Ied JNUSU has termed the stopping of th~ prospectus-sale as unfortunate, an action which was decided In the JNUSU council with a .

common agreement between AISA and SF! and implemented by a hafldful of students. It matters little tll them If this act undermined arid disrespected the call for action mandated by the UGBl4 or that it does not address the crucial demand for the removal of electric meters from Koyena. AISA and SFl's 'commitment' to ftght the scuttling of reservations and of seat-cuts wa~ .

osu in the com\ng days will work towards mobilizing and consolidating the student community under the guiding.

already experienced by the campus \ast year. principleS of Marxism-Leninlsm·Maoism to collectively face the challenges ahead, and to integrate with the larger movement for a revolutionary social transformation. Taking forward the legacy of Naxalbari and inspiration from revolutionary martyrs like Bhagat Singh, Charu Mazumdar, Anuradha Gandhi, Saketh Rajan, !'laveen Bab~ and .

thousands of others who laid down their lives for the liberation of the oppressed masses, osU reaffirms 1ts resolves .

to uncompromisingly carry forward the banner of revolutionary students' movement. .

. .

'e .

.

-.

.

) .

i ~ .

,, .

I I} .

9 .

\.S .

)l\ .

,a.'} .

ne .

.

so\ .

lN\l .s as .

an\ef .

n~ .

~en \\e 3~ .

ea\ .

~u .

NU. .

.

.

.

.

;§g'" ........ ...'7·=-.-.

~- .

;, p.. ~ a· = .

?. ~ ~; .

q -·--(jD.

-CiS (jD .

. q (jD .

z~ ~[ .

~ @'8 ~ ~ r .....

.

u a c:: r :;·.

fn --+) tn ('I)" \J --~.

" .

.

.

.

.

.

have historically filled this void and imparted the much needed .

free basic education. And contrary to the ill-informed prejudices, numerous Madarsas have combined multi-disclpltnary education along with religious studies. .

It is matter of concern that while many Central \ Universities recognise Madarsa certtficates, students from .

Madarsa backgrounds are denied admission into JNU even after passing the JNU entrance exam. For the past two years, JNUSU has been struggling against this discriminatory and undemocratic attitude of the JNU administration. After persistent efforts of JNUSU, the Equivalence Committee, through a sub-committee of several senior faculty from JNU, has conducted an in-depth survey of Madarsas in India and submitted a detailed report recommending recognition of Madarsa certtficates. At this juncture, the JNU community must untte to ensure that th1s report is implemented and the expecttng students are no longer left out. We should .

not see this as an issue relating to a particular community, but as an issue concerning democratisalion of academics, whose very spmt is an end to discrimination. .

Our ongo1ng struggle began on the 117th birth anniversary of Or. Babasaheb Ambedkar. Along with social justice and .

democratisation of education, our agenda is also to ensure administrative neutrality. For Babasaheb, and the Constitution he drafted, it was of prime importance that public bod1es functton with honesty and integrity, and without d scriiTI nat on However, the way our Proctor's office is furc: on,ng, IS a clear contravention of this very fundamental spp·it n-s o~ce. instead of being unbiased, has regularly sh1e1ded the hab1tual communal violence mongers on our campus and allowed the campus atmosphere to be vitiated not once out repeatedly. This should come as no surprise, .

g.ve~ tre ge"'eral right-wing leanings of the entire JNU ad!T':'l.s~ra~ o.,. Be it the violence during the Presidential Deba~e 'as· 1ear or the Chandrabhaga Hostel violence .

recen~. y ~r s Proctorial Board has shown its indulgence of v1olence a""d hate mongers from the ABVP. We are not demand ng a Proctor owing allegiance to any particular ideology ratrer our demand is for an unbiased Proctor. The..efore ""e current Proctorial Board must be changed. .

I' s sna~e!u that our Health Centre is not capable of .

.

handl1ng even rr r>or ailments Neither are there enough .

doctors. not enough med1cmes. While the administration is spending crores of rupees on tiles and benches under the garb of "beaut,ficatlon" our HP-alth Centre remains shockingly under eq~ipped. There are also reports of corruption in the .

purct-ase o' boolts and JOurnal~ 1n the library The administrat ,or s IJnrespcrs:ve on Ihe question ot fellowships. Severa SLudents haven t been all(Jited hostels as yet, and the adminlstrat.ion 15 leesst intf)rnstod It is also .t1s1bly reluctant to prov1de ev!3n th!"' rr\01\l bnsic ot facilities for the PH students Ncith~r tl(;IS !ne ;vy., rf'ftorvntlon in faculty .

.

for the PH categor; bten implern6r,t6{1, Tho conttnuous inaction of the adminl!:tmttr.n in briqging c.lorno~tlc violence under tre pur11ew of GSCP,Si·i IS iJii in(l1catio11 of ontronched patr-archy 'Ne cannot tolcr;.t-. :jtJrnilli&tr"'ltvh allonce on these and several otl)er tseur. , r;r mu Ct'tart&r ol Dnmonds .

This struggle is for a JfHJ th.~llb or,et 1 tr fill C~nctlons of society; that stands for ~CJCtcJI jpStttc& c:H_h11lnl 'trntlve neutrality, democracy and gender tfiU(ili~y; til~! wtll lfJfllOVe' .

the spectre of caste1sm, communnlh:m flnfi rt.'~CJI.u(lntt.m from JNU . Participation In lhl" ~truegtp 1s Pltt llttJtoric responsibility. This struggle hae to be wr.n if wo paro fm' tho .

JNU of our dreams. .

Sandeep fihcphdhk. .~ll91\liar Prestdent, JNUSU Vtc:. ..~ r ft, ~1 1·1111 ,.,JNUS.U .

.

~f1liiC:.l Me.TT .-ft 11ft R'ffi 'tiTffi I ti{Cfit(l Wl...,ctf c:i; ·31'q'Jel Cf ,;=\~ ~ ~~ 3llR q;:;oq)' q;) LlC\{tr ll' ~t '-'l-;,1 ~ .

ftTPdl ~ "ffi'ft t1 ~tR ~ ~ct"il"i qc:;n~ 'it ~t41f4Gf. fum .

~-me.r--m~ 311~ msm ct (1"11"1 fcttlll ~tr 'frT "'"""' .

'B q~ct){ 3lR ~mit'~~m 'itt~ 'Till~~ ifl1\ .

'1ft ~·~·<i ~~<C~I~ er-e:: t: "lGtf.:n ~oq1q <:6-s:JL~ fq~ctr~~:Jrct4i .

~ ~ f35f!lt~'f ~ L11"4ol f'i<:'ldl "tt Mm4 ~ ~~ 01;1;i14 ":J .

~~\iiCI'f'f ~ilctiolf~q:; ~'ct f&H.11qj rn ~~Iit~ .

<!: ~ equivnlencc committee ':f ~~ i'1qlt1 lf~· CfiT .

'wl~ Cfi{llll 3'ffi ~~'tf ~ ~tiCfij{IC'L1Cfi ftqR ~Cfii t.1 .

m ~~~ ~SctiiLl lR t crm q'fi ·~ "iffi -m tt ~ .

~'qfq em wil"<1 Cfl<~ ~rt41<! em ~Cfi<CII~ <fi ~~.~1" .

ctt ~~,nt.1G~c;l ctt \ii{C\{(1 t1 ~~)l'7o-l em fq;w ~I'll .

n..u'N ~m ~~~Glf<fCh WIID ~&fi4Cfl cllctio';r '$ ~ .

~ -arnh: ~. F-'ilt~Cfll ~f.:rl!rc;l 3*£<1 mt ~m ~ .

~'qfq Cfi1 @IC'411 .

....... ~~fi:.h'11 14 ~ ~. tfi4<JC4 ~cit'6Cfil. ct .

.

·"="r;." <t ~1:R ~!3ll f;]'Jt~Cfil q:;si;;s1 t~I41Mcti ~.afu .

M~-TT '<t <:'l)Cfla'34 ~ m~-"til£1 !IPWtlf"fCfl f.ir4arnT ~ t1 if. .

6l~scti< ~ ~~ ~~~ L1f!i('CI't"f ~fc6' ~<e+;PJ .

~R;yy \PT-~ ct f;r{Q~ ~~ ~Cfitlft clf"h1 ~ .

'\J).~.~ ~ SITCR< 3'iff4;t~ \i!Uftl4 ~ctt ~ iilq11 <t .

F<9<:114i 't;Cfl' \ifun-\ill'lal a~ra<ur iR TTl4T -g, ~3flfq;~ ~ mn .

m CfR9 ~iSI<;I~Cf; ~·~~-~Glilllll t_ ~~~ .

t1 ~ ~.'Q:;.<!: SHIIti1 "<t ~~·en ~CfiiCI em ~SQ: ~cn1t .

, ....-..r ctt 'GIRi m t 131UJaWI "'ltiOI ct ~~.cr.cr.tft. CfiT .

.......... m. <n m ~6JR0(1 1&2 q;l CII<C::Id "Ql ..i::n'1fh:::o .

.

~~~~~Wd ~CIQiiC::Itl CW-'CIR tllfC!(l Cfil t 1 Q4PJ l1i71 fq; W ~'<t ~Sllcti!< "ctt ~G({fq; ~f.Hq~~ lli::n I cn1 tl ~~fc."'(( ~SlTCR.'if<ltZ"' ~<ii1 ~mffll .

~ fq;a.fl !?ll:f11Cfi ~t fq:; ~41{) ~ I~ I I ~"'" ~-lilit ~l41F<41" 'Cfil ~('11\il m ..q \:ft ~~~t1 ~m --'"'I I t am ...,. c::qr~llft HFCfi1 Sl~llti1 ~~ §:<::tlCfi<UI ct ~'tf{ ~~~~ Cfi(l~l' ~~WT t1 ctl~<iit 3TlF mt1 q;) -u m~~ Fctiorcsn· ~\i\4~ ctt wtR if t<,~tl 'CfiT '00 .n 311 \6T ~I ~z;{1()(1q ~ tiCII<.1 '4\ SI!?IIB1 ~~@ltl):(i tt 311ft \ft .

1 .

... ·" n ur;n· Cfi1 ttTR<.1 'Cfil ~~Nil< t am Sl~II~'1 ~Ci) <§<:H ~I fqCfi(.1f'l ~<ii1 -mit -ij -mit ~t-l "' <?h!dl( 3ii11Cfll.fl ~ !1 ~ctiRl am ur;t)' if 31Clfil 3% 3lfWUT ~'i\f mfCifit:u 'ifl -m it ~mn <il ~.~.~<t -c::M ..q ~-qq ~'4\ }4l(llti1 -qq .

J...lttltoM OJIJ%1 Rl::rn::u....n=:: Ut..fb::LA'i Cfl) a~1Jlj{ ~mtr ~ .

3ifq; f.S41"'6 ii ddt(( TTQ', ~'(1W ~ <1414 m '4\ SI~IIB1 qq .

1111 u'r<Jn q;1 3lGi am G(~l((1 ~fctllll ~ tiCfiiill .

.

Oil Tft{1. 4~< 3iT< ~31)· ~m~m-:J qJ('1T ~atie.1<:'11 fu'tff dlfCfilfc."'Cfictl Cfi1 (jCfli\ill ~tl ~~-Q:m ~.'Q;l.~ iRA tfft ~t "'11 ti41\il ct ri dililcti ~. t'I)Cifitt?l, SPllltiMCfl f.Rttmn Cf \J)::;g{ .n... fl cfi ~~~d<\ -.;'bn 3fR ~i9c;tfqq;- .

~ .

.

I. .

.

.

.

.

, .

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

"" .

.

ar coos I.

' care ' La .

I:.

lI s as sn1e.

-~!l~.f:lJ~J·~::·~·USIn you.

.

i . ~Y.;) -'· ..

t ,cl..tl*"..l':'~ ~ moment they .

caesar Mondal I rNN come across:myculvert. many J)(lllccmC>n are scared to cross, P1taknta: Th~ nws-.agc from .

fl>:ll"in~: tl"'ltMno~Stsmight have Wt111~rc;· BUildings tushow a hu planted an mn..

m.an f,~o, whil<· dPAIIIIII; With the f'our bl<~.ts and half a dm.en .

warring pupui.H'I' in L:tlgarh 1':\lllhatth~s have l>+~n reported .

appannUy ll.J-;n't n'nc:ht'd the ever sincr fore~st.artcd their f,uT<:. Why,.\:;(' wnnld o ~i(:ClI'm man:h I Lalgarh. Though no of \h( <link.,,rn...-1 pollee(SI\P) pn) IC'Clll<Jn }\.1., pokt" nrntmd for th" SCPds of fear and anxiety. hlt.ldt"ll m inc-> ann ('Xl)l!JSiVi'R? Sol>J,ratH C"-'.lr\dflt It's thl<; fear th:tt bas led some pollcemf"n, wtll)arethem<.elves .

not trained todetect cxplJS.ivcs. to force lot·al youth to do the d.<lngrrous job for lhem El~~n·ycar-{)ld Shambhu Ghosh.~nMahato(20) and Shakti'Gtiosh(23) fromDhang· ori village wereamong'the Wl· lucky locals. 'l'hey have been on .

the run since last Thursday when secltrity forces entered the village searching for . Maoists. On Sunday mornlng. i TRAPPED: Youths armed with they were having breakfastat ~ a rod, scan for explosives a roadside eatery, close to the .

i Acts like this wUl b·~gger Pirakatacamp, whena team of .

'! poJ.fcemen sur.roUIMiel! tlwtilr more calls for vengeanceaud Oneoftbemaskedfitbeywere .

lead people to doubt the sfn· from Dbangori vWage. .

cerityofthe ,goverll.Qlerit's at· · :.;,.-When we said yes, tbey tempts to pacify the tribalvil-asked us where we had been lagers.. It also exposes thelack hi of we didn't w·ork .

Lalgnrh. A second team is k1pt for them:· Shambhusaid. .

in reserve m Midnapore town The two were taken to Pi-to bedeployed in case of 'VIP rakatacampand gi\-'1!n three-·.

c urges leaders & 'NGOs -~ · .

movement'. A third is cooling foot-long S-sbaped rods (pos-.

· ff Ground zero .

its heels in Kolkata. There is sibly taken from a construe: .

not a single explosives erpe:rt tion. site). They're then told.

··t······.-m""'"""'.

.,..,-~·--with police forces anywhere to scan for any suspicious ob-.

to l'ee\) 0 ,...,..,.o!~·l)ntu"-else ln the war zone. s~an abandoned bag.

... .

EversinceFtlda.Y evening's jorecta-box -lying on the road-..

---0 o!~as"'""~"'""' .

blast at Kuldiha, in which the side and us.e tbe rod to poke .

· , ; n\ei,. ,p,O: tbOMl',.,...._~'' ~"""""" ~""",..,,"'"""''-""" an explosion..

and three policemen we.re in· .

0 .

· polleehavebeen waryof.

anAtall"",lOis'"'~"' ""''n '""'"' """""" .

"""".."""'""''"'"''"'""'.

vct>i· "'"ol tb IJn\ " "'""'""of.

_.,ot---.., ? c~.

~"""""""''· .

--"',....,..~.~to.

U>cnll''*~,.¢"'',..;s',::,.n. as a ,al' tur" \1' ...,...,..,."""""'""'~-:;,\l~· alleeteO 0.,..S"" ~~.

;,oong""""~...-· Mr. Chidambaram: Why Are You s·o Afraid .

"'"''IS-""''".,_....... o.ona-"'1'\SttbeMa'>\s\S,.

.

-~ are"""""'"-""'"""~.

s~""'-·' ,.~. _..,.~,c\>\d....,-~-.

.....II"'"" cnl· . Of Observers? What Are You Hiding?.

"""""'"".....,.. ...... ....--The Union Home Minister has claimed that the government has.

~"''-""'"""'..""""~....-to"""~~-..~-\Sl>~'~·-·""'~;;;~c?"' Cl''. v""""....-"'B'"",.rso!"'d ' .

(;litloiFS"" suo0>' -~ 1\S\' ;,....af\0'............"'.

.

\ ""'"'.."'t.alO"',;till..,..¢ -,.,,.,-c?lA-SO~l)»t""'; no intention of doing war on its own people. However, he has in-.

""""'-..~-1St> :'\X>~..: ""'"""'00 structed intellectuals and civil society representatives not to visit .

to...........

.

\D""'~\l"'\'$ .,otetO "~~:l~~..~·u~ .

IS,,,. """~~:;,~~-,,.,..nond\0 not""",....."" Lalgarh, so as to avoid 'distracting' the paramilitary forces. If in-.

~"""""""'~,;:: ';:~""'I"'' opera· .

"'""' ""'""'""'""'.......

,""",::.~;",:1"'"'' ~~at~~c"~-enid"""'"'" _':'~:,,.,".!, deed the paramilitary operation is no 'war on people,' why should .

""'""",...,. all''/ _,...to""""''.......~~ the Government fear public scrutiny? Indeed, the Home Minister's .

.

' . _· ....

\ ~~~~\eadet isnot"~·"'~ · ~,..aci<an4"G"'·""'".

-el"'' ""''""··~·· ·~·'· "':" ' is a brutally repressive war on the adivasis, and this must be con-.

'_._.,.... _____..__ .

. .....-, .

' ...""""""""~~"'""' ...... ,....... . -.

.."',......otall··· __.,.....--'-"'"... __,rt.... """ -ducted away from the scrutiny of civil society..

\ ~...~·"""""'"" _............ .

.

It is not a coincidence that on the very day Mr. Chidambaram\ 1"' -~ -. -issued a veiled threat to intellectuals and civil society to keep off Lalgarh, the media brings us horrific stories of how CRPF jawans .

are using ydung boys as human shields to search for land mines .

under threat, of how women are being beaten up, and how local shopkeepers are brutally assaulted. Aren't these tactics of keeping .

independent observers away similar t.o Rajapakse's ban on interna-tional media and observers during the recent genocide of Tamils in .

.

.

.

------~----. --_.1!111.

....~..

Aftlftf 11;,__.

Sllinnal,ettld1.

? 1 · O Give Rs 8000/= to all, to start with .

.

)..> Expedite the disbursal of Fellowship, and MCM for BA/MA @Rs2000 and Rs2500 respective!.

!rlI~I~;t}i~i Il3~~ t) .

ATAD BLOCK .

nenas. .

There have been instances when the Govt. or those in authority take the all those people for granted, when they devise .

policies meant for those who are governed. It is very important at these points of time that the people at the receivino end do not sit .

they get heard and those policies are rectified for the better. Over the recent past we have been witness to similar nefarious tactics back hopelessly, cursing others. Rather than doing this, it is for all the people concerned to make their voice loud and clear, so that student community 1n particular, be that the OBC reservation policy(based purely on caste) in higher educational institution, or being displayed by the UPA govt. just to serve it's political ends . even if they are to the detnments of our country in general and the the one sided increase of fellowship amount by the UGC (and no commensurate increase by the CSIR) for the researchers, or .

the arbitrary decision( by the Vice -Chancellor) regarding date for the disbursal of the UGC fellowship etc etc. In all these cases, the stark discrimination meted out in the amount of fellowship between the UGC scholarship and the Rajeev Gandhi fellowship, or .

one basic principle of equality (enshrined in our coostitutionLis OPenly violated. .

Friends, it gives us the enormous satisfaction to tell you that, mu,cq.}iil·lkt31ii~JiimNaff4i1:W;ftJii!gtf:}.{jm!ktif¥W@f@l .

he fight a ainst such blatant violations of the right of equality And we are all witness to the result. So far as the case of OBC .

reservation is concerned, we convinced the Supreme Court that, there 1s sufficient arbitranness in the policy that uses the 1931 data for 1dentifymg the present backwards, caste can not be the sole basis, and it is a politically motivated decision. Arguments well taken .

and a stay order was the result. to prevent the country from further disintegration in all spheres. When last year, UGC increased the fellowship for the researchers JRF /S RF amount and .

.,,,..,,.1.,.,.,,~We also brought out the fact.

·' -A --, .

t.hat over the years, the seais of JRF was declining. Initially the OG-CSIR showed very lukewarm t"esponse. We filed Applications .

l.

:pn;umlu··a·, [·t·,....t[... "'tJI£l'''''.'tl' "'',,u.. ,aJ,·1.,,..,:,,d,,,,.·~·a·,,,.,,.,.,.,,.

Jnder -RT Act 2005, took the matter to all concerned, the ministers as wtll as other authorities, gherao::d the DST office (but didn't take any body hostage like our dear comrades experlise in) and with your determir.ed cooperation, our efforts tructified. The CSIR .

. se3~s witnessed an increase and so did the CSIR and UGC fellowship amount to Rs12, 000 for the JRF and Rs14, 000 for the SRF. .

Friends, we are standing at yet another similar juncture. The irrational discrimination in the fellowship amount between the RaJeev Gandhi fellowship (RS 8000) and that of UGC scholarship (Rs 3000), is simply unacceptable. Our dear comrades see .

extreme casteism being perpetrated, if we rightfully claim for equalizing the fellowship amount, on the ground that since the needs are rr.searcr organization. at the same pomt of t1me. SFI, one of the pseudo leftist organizations, d1splaying 1ts high score of LIE-Quotient. .

JSt the same ,why discrimination in the fellowship amount among researchers who undertake the same kind of research in the same .

accuses that YFE councilors never participated in the council meeting, another naked l1e, as our councilors have attendeg many, and .

-(who keeps on .

since: ely asked for worthy issues being discussed there. We must oint out that the above issues concernin the students i .

were never the topic of discussion in the council meeting. On all occasion, the .

sh1fting his position to keep with the directions from his high command, once in opposition on the inclusion of creamy layers in the OBC reservation, suddeniy says he doesn't mind, or even supports their inclusion once the bill was passed in the parliament), would .

es.. at the co~tof) discussing student related issue .· After all \:Jhat can be expected from these people ,who still consider wi-fi an elitist service a11d not an uroe11t requirement for thP. students, .

try to pass resolutions on Iraq war, or US-imperialism etc. at the cost of who does not have any shame to amass the funds collected for the community kitchen to be served to the distressed workers .

We also consider the decision on the date for the UGC scholarship from april 2007 as arbitrary. It is really unfortunate that .

,even though some other central universities viz. BHU and CU. Hyderabad etc are disbursing the same scholarship from 2006,our .

VC. for reasons known to him (and our JNUSU office bearers. party to the compromise deal for revocation of their suspension orders) .

,k,.ides a date from 2007. This too violates the principles of equality, as the students of all central universities must be treated all the rights to receive the scholarship from the same date. .

c &&C&U45.

sccccu; te .

I& t uc z ecce: a sa a .

Sd/ Dipika Si ngh (YFE Representative) .

Give your feed backs e-mail: yfejnuchapter@gmail.com.

1'-!idhi Singh (YFE Representative) .

-.

.

.