Student Politics

In Defense of Student Politics

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While many well meaning people in West Bengal, aided by the liberal media, are demanding a ban on student politics and student union elections, the need of the hour is to inculcate a new culture of student politics, which can be done only through mass mobilization of the students.

Dial 'M' for Murder

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Mamata and Maoists on a killing spree in West Bengal

 

JNU Students’ Elections and the Lyngdoh Recommendations

The Lyngdoh Committee, constituted to frame guidelines for students’ union elections,saw the elections for the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union as a “model to be followed”. Therefore, the recent Supreme Court stay on the JNUSU elections on the ground that they do not meet the committee recommendations is unfortunate,says Albeena Shakil,a former Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union president and a women’s activist based in New Delhi.