AISA activists in BHU detained for protesting against Kapil Sibal !

On 8th March, Kapil Sibal, Minister for Human Resources Development, visited Benares Hindu University as the Chief Guest of the ‘Deeksha Samaroh’ function. While the university officials and administration were engaged in praising Sibal and seeking favours, AISA activists raised their protest against his policies which are part of the neo-liberal agenda for education.

While raising their demands against the Right to Education bill in its present form and demanding the restitution of campus democracy in BHU, thirty AISA activists were detained by the police. In a campus like BHU, the writ of the administration runs large and the police are regularly used to clamp down on student protest. Curfew prevails inside the campus and students cannot assemble freely nor hold any programmes. Elections to the Student Union have not been held since 1997, although a nominated student council exists which rarely raises the genuine demands of students.

The protesting AISA activists were kept in police detention until the programme was over. The protestors included Comrade Savita, AISA’s District President. Several women comrades also participated in the programme and were arrested.

AISA is committed to taking forward the struggle for campus democracy and against the neo-liberal agenda which seeks to make education a ‘privilege’ available to a very few rather than a right that can be accessed by all.

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4 thoughts on “AISA activists in BHU detained for protesting against Kapil Sibal !

  1. shame on kapil sibbal and BHU ADMINISTRATION…. THEY ARE JUST KILLING DEMOCRACY… WE WANT EDUCATION FOR ALL…
    SIBBAL WANT EDUCATION FOR RICH PEOPLE ONLY..KAPIL SIBBAL DOWN DOWN…

  2. FALSE RIGHT TO EDUCATION… NO DEMOCRACY ON CAMPUS… AND NOW FOREIGN UNIVERSITIES WITH NO LIMITS ON FEES AND NO RESERVATIONS… THE GOVERNMENT IS ABDICATING ITS RESPONSIBILITY TOWARDS THE PEOPLE… WILL GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY’s INDIA BRANCH ADMIT THE DAUGHTERS OF CIVILIANS KILLED IN OPERATION GREEN HUNT?

  3. its so daring like BHU campuses. but i think it is leaded by comrade sarita patel who is state president of uttar pradesh AISA.
    kappil sibbal go down.
    lal salam

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