Call to Farmers and workers of the country to support the JNU students' struggle

Oppose the steps of the Modi government to ruin higher educational institutions and commercialize education
NEW DELHI: The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) strongly condemns the indifferent attitude of the JNU administration and the Ministry of Education towards the 14-day hunger strike by the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union (JNUSU) on serious issues of the students.

SKM expresses its full support to this movement of students on behalf of the farmers of the country. The farmers of the country can never forget the active support given by the JNU students to the farmers in the 13-month-long Delhi Morcha of farmers led by SKM.

SKM has said that with every passing hour, the health of the hunger strikers is deteriorating. We demand that the JNU administration and the Ministry of Education take immediate meaningful decision on the demands of the students.

The major demands of the students include increasing the MCM scholarship from ₹2000 to ₹5000, increasing the Non-NET Fellowship to ₹20,000 to reduce the high cost of living in Delhi, opening a hostel to provide necessary accommodation for students, reinstatement of the JNUEE exam which has been marred by repeated failures and paper leaks under the NTA system, the recent failure of the re-examination on August 20, 2024 which is now going to be held, the failure of the NTA to deal with important examinations alone, preventing discrimination against students from disadvantaged sections, conducting caste census, implementing caste sensitization, restoring GSCASH in place of the ineffective ICC, besides, revising the National Education Policy (NEP) which is inherently discriminatory against marginalized communities and students.

Increased and sustained funding is necessary to adequately support educational institutions and ensure that they can provide the necessary resources and facilities for students. The MoE & the JNU Administration should immediately look into this.

We appeal to all farmers-labourers-citizens of the country to support this just movement of students.