Nearly 90% vote against appointment of dean at JNU's student referendum

NEW DELHI: The students of Jawaharlal Nehru University held a referendum on February 27 and 28 on whether a faculty member with a case in JNU's GSCASH (Gender Sensitisation Committee Against Sexual Harassment) should be appointed into an administrative post. Of the total 1,735 votes cast, 1,561 (89.97%) were against such an appointment.

Conducted jointly by a number of student organizations active in JNU with JNUSU, the referendum will lead up to a protest and a meeting with the vice-chancellor to whom the students will hand the results on Monday. "Over two dozen teachers have written an open letter to the vice-chancellor against this appointment," says Rajan Jha of Students in Defence of JNU Culture. The letter, signed by two dozen faculty members, is dated January 24, 2014. The position concerned is that of dean at one of JNU's 10 schools.

JNU's GSCASH has been discussed much since the attack on a student by a classmate in class last July. More cases, though far less violent, have been reported since and GSCASH's own survey found that over 20% female students in JNU face sexual harassment. In another open letter, written in August 2013, teachers had demanded greater support for GSCASH and observed that there are repeated attempts to "undermine" the institution.

While GSCASH never dropped from discussions, JNU, where new student organizations are constantly proliferating, has seen a new entrant — Students Against Politicisation of GSCASH. The members of this group are unwilling to be named fearing retaliation "from the communists in the campus" — the Left dominates student politics at JNU. This group, at least, has rejected the referendum led by the JNU Students' Union (all central panel-members are from radical left group, All India Students' Association) that also involved Democratic Students' Federation, as "bogus" and an attempt to "defame" anyone who doesn't agree with them.

The organizers of the referendum, however, aren't will to leave it at that. They'll first hold a protest at the administrative block on Monday and an Open House is planned for Tuesday.

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