“JNUSU Elections: Rise of ABVP paves way for nationalism and democracy in the campus”, Organiser, March 27, 2024:

“Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) is back in the news again after holding student elections. This year’s election is notable for two reasons. The first reason was that the campus elections were held right before the Lok Sabha elections, which will occur in April and May of this year. The second distinguishing element of this election was that it was the first campus election held since 2019.

However, it should be underlined that the communist student leaders at JNU were not as comfortable as those involved in communist student organisations in Kerala, notably SFI. To overcome the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP)’s challenges, they had to preach more and visit the student hostels often.

So this time, they won by sweating more because democracy and freedom grow stronger on the JNU campus each year. Suppose it had been like the campuses in Kerala. In that case, the left-wing might have beaten the ABVP candidates without consenting to file nominations by confronting and threatening them sportingly……”

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