DU student union polls: NSUI to release manifesto for women

Ahead of the Delhi University elections, the Congress-backed National Students Union of India (NSUI) will release a separate manifesto for women on August 22.

Ahead of the Delhi University elections, the Congress-backed National Students Union of India (NSUI) will release a separate manifesto for women on August 22.

The DUSU elections are generally held in September.

The union said the move was aimed at addressing problems of female students. “Our teams are going to DU colleges to get the feedback. We have received nearly 1,200 inputs,” said Vivekanand Pathak of the union.

The NSUI, which has not won a seat in DUSU elections since 2014, said it would highlight the misuse of students’ union funds by the RSS-backed ABVP.

The union said they would oppose the proposed education policy. “The TSR Subramanian Committee’s recommendations do not benefit students. Also, they didn’t hold the required number of consultations across the country,” Amrita Dhawan, acting union president.

The union said it would take students’ inputs from every state and forward these to the HRD ministry.

Meanwhile, the ABVP-led DUSU has submitted a memorandum to the HRD ministry, opposing the Bar Council of India’s decision to scrap evening classes for law courses.

“The prospectus says there are 2,400 seats in the faculty. But they have now been cut to half. The BCI said if the university decides to upgrade the infrastructure in a year, it would reconsider the recommendations,” said DUSU president Satender Awana.

The council has asked the university to shut down colleges offering law courses in the evening. Around 800 students are enrolled in the colleges.