In order to enable Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union President Kanhaiya Kumar to contest for the elections of the JNU students’ body, the red bastion has decided not to follow the Lyngdoh committee norms from the coming elections, alleged the JNUSU office bearer, Saurabh Sharma.
Sharma also alleged that the Left-linked students’ wings are gearing up for another standoff, therefore the JNU students have passed a resolution that the university student union polls will not be conducted as per the Lyngdoh committee recommendations but the varsity Constitution will be followed. “The Left-aligned students’ group on campus have decided to oppose Lyngdoh committee to field it’s the entire existing office bearer,” Sharma said.
Last week a resolution was passed in the General Body meeting that JNU students’ union polls will not be conducted as per the Lyngdoh committee recommendations but the JNU Constitution will be followed.
After remaining suspended for 4 years over non-compliance of Lyngdoh committee recommendations which were implemented with a view to keep money and muscle power away from campus elections, JNU had revived the election process in 2012.
The committee headed by former Chief Election Commissioner J M Lyngdoh had in 2005 recommended a cap of Rs 5,000 on election expenses per candidate besides formulating other rules and regulations for cleaning up campus politics. In 2006, the Supreme Court had directed that these recommendations be implemented.
After a four-year long legal battle, JNU students had agreed to a five-point relaxation to them from the recommendations and went ahead with the polls.