NEW DELHI: The Dean of Students (DoS) of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) on Wednesday issued a notification for a meeting with all students’ organisations to discuss the election dates. The meeting will be held at the campus on February 5.
As the new session at JNU is all set to begin from February 2, the election dates will be announced within 6-8 weeks after the session begins.
The notification read, “Dean of Students has scheduled a meeting with the President of all student organisations on February 5, 2024 at 11 am in committee room to discuss the matter related to the conduct of JNU student union elections 2023-24.”
The DoS has asked the presidents of ABVP, AISA, AISF, SFI, DSF, NSUI, BAPSA, BASO and CRJD organisations to be present in the meeting.
The students’ organisations are likely to submit the expected election dates in the meeting as the JNUSU elections will be held after four years.
It was on January 24, when the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union (JNUSU) had celebrated the victory of students as the university administration had released the first notification towards the conduct of JNUSU elections.
The students said the fight to ensure that the elections is held by an autonomous elected student according to JNUSU’s constitution, will continue.
Led by the JNUSU, the students marched to the Dean office to submit a memorandum over the same. “The fight will continue until a detailed notification regarding the election is released and campus democracy is restored.” a student said. The administration announced holding the polls within eight weeks from the date of commencement of the academic session for Phd students on February 2.
On January 17 when the Vice Chancellor Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit had shared that the varsity will soon hold the elections once the new session will begin next month.