JNUSU elections 2025: In keeping with an official round, the elections are more likely to be held between six to eight weeks from the graduation of the educational session for PhD college students, which started on September 12.
The Jawaharlal Nehru College’s (JNU) college students’ union election are more likely to be held in November this yr with the college formally constituting a grievance redressal cell to supervise the method. The elections, which regularly set the tone for nationwide pupil politics, are anticipated to happen in mid or late November, college officers stated. In keeping with an official round, the elections are more likely to be held between six to eight weeks from the graduation of the educational session for PhD college students, which started on September 12.
As per the notification issued by the Dean of College students’ workplace, the college introduced the formation of the grievance redressal cell (GRC) with a mandate to deal with points associated to the conduct of elections. Headed by Dean of College students Professor Manuradha Chaudhary, the panel includes 10 college members and two pupil representatives.
The GRC has been empowered to behave because the “Courtroom of Unique Jurisdiction” in election disputes, with the vice-chancellor exercising appellate powers. Its authority extends to prosecuting violators of the election code, inspecting monetary stories of candidates, and issuing writs of subpoena — compelling somebody to look in courtroom to testify or to supply proof — to make sure compliance.
Final yr, the Left alliance maintained its stronghold within the Jawaharlal Nehru College College students’ Union (JNUSU) elections 2024-25 by securing three of the highest 4 posts, whereas the RSS-affiliated Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) made a comeback after ten years to win the put up of the joint secretary.
Nitish Kumar (AISA) was elected President, Manisha (DSF) received the Vice-President’s put up, and Munteha Fatima (DSF) secured the place of Basic Secretary. Nevertheless, ABVP made main inroads after a decade-long dry spell by successful the put up of Joint Secretary with Vaibhav Meena, rising victorious and posing a robust problem to the normal Left alliance at JNU.
The JNUSU election witnessed an enormous voter turnout of 70 per cent, with round 5,500 college students casting their votes. The four-cornered ballot race noticed AISA-DSF, ABVP, and an NSUI-Fraternity alliance battling for management.
–With PTI inputs