On Monday, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students held a protest outside the Dean of Students (DoS) office to call for the hostel’s renovation and immediate allocation.
On Monday, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students held a protest outside the Dean of Students (DoS) office to call for the hostel’s renovation and immediate allocation. The Democratic Students Federation (DSF), a student organisation, organised the demonstration. They also demanded that the upcoming hostel elections, which have not been held in the previous two years, take place.
“Ensure Hostels for All,” “Stop meddling with reservation policies in hostel allotment,” and other messages were written on student-held placards.
To demand immediate hostel allocation, we planned the demonstration outside the DoS office. Physical education classes begin on August 3, but many students have yet to receive housing assignments. It’s in total disarray.
Additionally, the hostel allocation has not yet properly adhered to reservation policies, “Swati Singh, president of DSF, said. She claimed that due to the frequent occurrences of wall or ceiling collapses, the hostels are in very bad condition. University students claimed last week that two different hostels’ ceilings and portions of balconies collapsed as a result of recent downpours.
“The hostel must undergo renovations as soon as possible, per our demand.” Considering that there hasn’t been an election in two years, we also wanted hostel elections to be held as soon as possible,” said Singh. Additionally, they claim that the administration is not giving students from Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) communities priority when it comes to hostel allocation, in violation of reservation policies.
The Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union (JNUSU) alleged that the Dean of Students (DoS) had lost data of several students due to which students had not been allocated P1 hostels after the list of P2 categories was out. According to the statement, “Hotels are not being assigned to SC/ST students on a priority basis, and there are inconsistencies in OBC reservations as well.”
In addition, the union claimed that the DoE was acting unfairly due to a “nexus” between ABVP and the DoS. ” Selected students who arrived through this route have been assigned hostels.” ” We have made a number of complaints about the situation,” it continued. “
