Thu. Mar 28th, 2024
Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi

The students election JNUSU in Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) is scheduled on 6 September and the removal of Article 370 and Kashmir will be one of the central poll issues in upcoming elections.

In a press conference with all the presidential candidates from various organisations held in campus on wednesday almost every candidate spoke on the issue.

ABVP’s presidential candidate Manish Jangad dedicated a large part of his speech to it: “While the whole country was celebrating the abrogation of Article 370, the Left in campus was mourning the move.

The only candidate who did not mention Kashmir in her eight-minute speech was from the Left Unity panel’s Aishe Ghosh from SFI. However, she told in her interview that the omission was not intentional.

“Our stand is that we are against the attack on democracy and the Constitution and wherever it happens, we will speak out against it. In Kashmir what happened was that democracy was killed,” she said.

The Ambedkarite BAPSA and Congress’s NSUI, which fought full panels since 2016, have this time restricted themselves to two and one seat respectively. Leaders of both organisations said the decision was taken to have a more “focussed” and “targeted” campaign.

The BAPSA presidential candidate Jitendra Suna and NSUI presidential candidate Prashant Kumar spoke out against the removal of Article 370. Suna called it a “fascist move”, while Prashant Kumar said that the BJP wants the land in Kashmir, but they do not want Kashmiris.

The Chhatra Rashtriya Janata Dal which fought one seat last year this time has has fielded two candidates. CRJD presidential candidate Priyanka Bharti also slammed the BJP, saying the repeal of Article 370 was a move to “break the country”.

An independent candidate who called himself ‘Yogi of JNU’ also filed his nomination.

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