JNU Elections Ignite: Fee Hikes, Gender Safety & RSS Clash Dominate Campus War

Jawaharlal Nehru University’s long-delayed 2025 Students’ Union elections have officially kicked off, with nominations opening Monday in a storm of ideological mobilization. Classic campus battlegrounds—fee hikes, crumbling hostels, and gender justice—return to the forefront, now fused with fresh fury over research funding starvation and the controversial Chief Proctor’s Office manual accused of authoritarian overreach.

Left-leaning All India Students’ Association (AISA) has fired the first salvo, fielding candidates for president and general secretary. Incumbent JNUSU president Nitish Kumar declared war on the “BJP-RSS education model,” vowing a unified Left alliance to shield “progressive, inclusive learning spaces.” Key demands include slashing MBA and engineering fees, reinstating the scrapped GSCASH for sexual harassment redressal, and pumping funds into science labs and research infrastructure.

Across the spectrum, student factions are coalescing around shared grievances: hostel repairs, affordable education, and dismantling disciplinary tools seen as tools of suppression. The election—Delhi’s most politically charged—promises a referendum on administrative neglect and ideological capture.

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Meanwhile, Delhi University unveiled plans for a grand literature festival celebrating India’s linguistic mosaic, partnering with the National Book Trust. Vice-Chancellor Yogesh Singh has formed a committee under Prof. Rachna Abbi to orchestrate the event, uniting scholars and cultural voices in a parallel celebration of diversity amid JNU’s storm.

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