24 Oct 2008
JNUSU polls - NSUI may not field candidatesThe National Students’ Union of India may not field its candidates in the coming Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union elections this year. The university unit has split into two factions and both are simultaneously campaigning for the same posts. The annoyed senior office-bearers might dissolve the unit in toto on Thursday, say sources. The All-India NSUI president Nadeem Javed and vice-president Rohit Chaudhary had approved Nagender Singh Shekhawat’s name for president’s post and Shahnawaz for the post of joint secretary. But Faiz Ashrafi and Vidisha Shukla, who were also eyeing the two respective posts, turned rebel and started campaigning simultaneously. This has irked the senior office-bearers. “In view of these developments, senior NSUI leaders will dissolve the unit. There are even chances that they bar the unit from contesting election this year,” an insider said. NSUI spokesperson Anand Pandey said that the matter will be solved after reaching Delhi as senior office-bearers are in Uttarakhand for cadre elections. The sources also allege that the JNU unit chief Simi Joseph should have been assertive and should have informed higher ups rather than just submitting to their orders. Its to be noted that the NSUI is facing such problems of factionalism for some years now. “Such problems have been cropping up at the time of elections since last three years. Two years back, I was asked to let Anand Pandey contest the JNUSU president’s post and I agreed to the high command’s orders,” Saghar, an NSUI activist said.
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