Protests against MHRD’s ‘Good Governance’ day diktats
AISA as well as the AISA-led JNU Students’ Union protested against the MHRD’s diktats to observe 25 December as ‘Good Governance’ day. Even during winter vacations in the University, several students participated in the protest organized by JNUSU, AISA and other student organisations outside the Convention Centre in JNU, where the JNU administration was holding programmes on ‘good governance’. Addressing the protest, JNUSU President Ashutosh said that the students, teachers and karamcharis of JNU will not compromise the academic autonomy of the University to suit the partisan political interests of the ruling party. JNUSU General Secretary Chintu also pointed out that the decision to forcibly impose good governance day on educational institutions comes as part and parcel of the communal package to try and scrap 25 December as a holiday and to threaten and intimidate Christians and other minority communities.
The JNUSU also organised an exhibition named “Glimpses of Good Governance”, consisting of photos and cartoons showing the reality of ‘good governance’ by the BJP government – on the farce of the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, demolition of slums, attacks on minorities, price rise etc. Later, JNUSU, JNU Teachers’ Association and JNU Staff Association jointly held a convention which was also attended by DUTA president Nandita Narain, several other teachers and office bearers of the JNU Staff Association. A resolution was unitedly issued at the convention, critiquing the imposition of Good Governance Day program on academic institutions.
