Left parties slammed for ignoring specially-abled

The night-long presidential debate at JNU on Wednesday ahead of the student union polls saw six contestants debate on topics not just related to the university, but to the country as a whole.

The elections will be held on Friday.

Independent candidate M.D. Farooque Alam stole the show with his witty speech and scathing attacks on political outfits in the varsity for indulging in ideological wars. Clearly the crowd’s favourite, he tore into the political parties for not being sensitive to student issues in JNU.

Attacking the Left for ignoring the cause of differently-abled despite being in power in the JNU from wavering.

Shabana Ali, the candidate from the Bapsa, started the proceedings by attacking the outgoing union for not being able to sustain any student movements on the campus.

She alleged that in the ‘Justice for Najeeb’ movement as well as the opposition to the University Grants Commission seatcut issue, the JNUSU failed to show results.

Pointing out the “ineffectiveness” of the placement cell of the varsity, ABVP candidate Nidhi Tripati assured to bring it to ‘life’, besides promising to get sanitary pad vending machines installed.

Congress-affiliated National Studnts’ Union of India candidate Vrishnika Singh promised to fight for unity and a hospital in the campus.