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The Hindu
10-05-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
Helplines set up by student outfits continue ringing; demand for delaying university exams grows
Helplines set up by student outfits across the Capital kept ringing on Saturday even as India and Pakistan declared a ceasefire. 'The helpline is still live and running. We are providing assistance to the affected students in border regions,' said Students' Federation of India's Delhi secretary Aishe Ghosh. She added that several students from Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab had reached out to them seeking information, such as safe zones in their vicinity and the best routes to reach them. While the neighbouring countries have declared a halt to the hostilities, several student groups, including Jammu and Kashmir Students' Association, SFI, and All India Students' Association, have also sought a postponement of university examinations. Delhi University students on Saturday continued to press for a delay in the conduct of exams in light of the anguish suffered by many students and parents due to heavy artillery firing along the Pakistan border. Delhi University Students' Union president Ronak Khatri urged Vice-Chancellor Yogesh Singh to postpone the university exams. 'Safety first, then exams!' Mr. Khatri wrote on X, requesting the V-C to take note of the anguish suffered by many students and parents living in proximity to the Pakistan border, which has seen an intense spell of shelling and firing. A similar request has been made by the student outfits in Jawaharlal Nehru University and Jamia Millia Islamia. The Jamia administration on Friday rescheduled its entrance tests for students from Jammu and Kashmir, many of whom have been stuck on highways where traffic has been disrupted due to landslides. 'The decision has been taken considering the ongoing situation and factoring in the well-being of the students,' the JMI administration said a day earlier. Apart from university examinations, the Common University Entrance Test, conducted by the National Testing Agency, is also scheduled to begin on May 13.
New Indian Express
29-04-2025
- Politics
- New Indian Express
SFI blames split in Left votes for JNUSU loss; calls for stronger unity against ABVP
NEW DELHI: After failing to make a significant impact in the central panel this year, the Students Federation of India (SFI) issued a statement attributing the JNUSU results to a fragmented opposition to the ABVP. The SFI emphasised the need for a stronger unity among Left and progressive forces to eliminate the ABVP from the varsity. Aishe Ghosh, Secretary of SFI Delhi, explained, 'The two biggest progressive student organisations, SFI and AISA, contesting from different panels, led to a split in votes, reducing the margin of victory in the central panel.' Meanwhile, Sooraj Elamon, President of SFI Delhi, reiterated that the SFI has always been committed to forging unity against the ABVP-Admin nexus to protect Jawaharlal Nehru University from the Hindutva-Corporate onslaught on public education. Elamon further highlighted SFI's successes, saying, 'SFI won four council positions, with the highest votes in the School of Languages and the School of Arts and Aesthetics, where Ajaypal and Krishnapriya secured 488 and 66 votes respectively. We also triumphed in the School of Biotechnology and the School of Physical Sciences, with Comrade Pratibha winning unopposed and Comrade Abhishek securing second place with 121 votes.' Elamon stressed that the support for progressive values was clear, pointing out that ABVP has failed to increase its vote share since the last elections. He added, 'It is the failure to build a united struggle that paved the way for ABVP's victory. We hope left and progressive forces will learn from this and forge stronger unity inside and outside the council to lead the student resistance against the NEP, privatisation, centralisation, and communalisation of education.' Historically, JNU's left-wing student organisations—AISA, SFI, DSF, and AISF—dominated JNUSU polls from 2016 to 2019. However, SFI's dominance in JNU politics has fluctuated, peaking in 2006-2007 and diminishing by 2014. Last year, these left organisations had fought together with the left parties making a clean sweep. Left-wing dominated for 3 years JNU's left-wing student organisations —AISA, SFI, DSF, and AISF—dominated JNUSU polls from 2016 to 2019. However, SFI's dominance in JNU politics has fluctuated, peaking in 2006-2007 and diminishing by 2014.
