50 ex-mps yet to vacate official bungalows JNUSU to respond with mass mail campaign against stricter rules
NEW DELHI: Around 50 ex-mps are yet to vacate their official bungalows in Lutyens' Delhi, even five months after the dissolution of the previous Lok Sabha. According to sources, the government is contemplating taking action against them under the amended Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Act, which ensures swift eviction.
The amended law empowers government to issue showcause notice, seeking reply of unauthorised occupants within three days, the duration reduced from 15 days, as mandated under the previous law.
"Around 50 former Lok Sabha MPS have not still vacated their official bungalows located in Lutyens' Delhi," sources said. NEW DELHI: The Jawaharlal National University's Student Union (JNUSU) held a meeting on Sunday in light of the manual sent out by the administration to impose stricter rules and curfew timings. The meeting concluded with JNUSU agreeing to respond with mass mail campaign directed to Dean of Student (DOS) and a signature campaign.
The newly elected president of JNU, from Students' Federation of India (SFI), Aishe Ghosh said, “The JNU administration has proposed the installation of water and electricity meters. Each student is expected to pay according to their consumption in hostels, putting the students in a spot as many of them would not be able to afford it thus, discontinuing their education.”
It seems ironical at a time when the State government is working hard to make basic consumption of water and electricity free for the city's residents, experts say.
The JNU Administration through the Inter-hall Administration (IHA) had issued a notice regarding revision of the Hostel Manual, concerning rules, procedures, and regulations, and uploaded a draft of the proposed Manual on the JNU Website. Through the Manual the IHA has imposed stricter rules for use of library hours and are forcing girls to be “appropriately dressed” in the canteen. The Draft mentions that the stipulated time for students to return to their respective hostels is 11.30 pm or half an hour after library closing. The library closing hour has shifted to 7:30 pm, a source said.
Ghosh said, “this kind of surveillance and curtailing of our basic right to movement has never been seen in our campus before and is basically an excuse to impose a curfew in the JNU Campus. In the name of providing us security, the Admin has reduced the number of security guards in JNU and is now imposing a curfew upon students. What is even more appalling is that hefty fines and hostel eviction has been introduced if any “unauthorised” individual is found in a hostel room after 10.30 pm. We would like to remind our Vice-chancellor, M. Jagadesh Kumar, that this is a public university, not a RSS shakha.”