Student-Youth

After a five-year hiatus, student council elections finally returned to Delhi based Ambedkar University Delhi (AUD) marking a pivotal moment in the revival of student democracy. Yet, what should have been a celebration of participatory governance was marred by severe administrative irregularities, arbitrary rule changes, and blatant violations of electoral norms. The AUD Student Union Elections were held on February 27.

Under the collective banner of the INDIA Alliance Student Organisation, AISA and other prominent student groups including NSUI, SFI, AISF, MSF, Samajwadi Chhatrasabha, and CRJD convened a joint press conference at the Press Club of India in New Delhi on 8th March 2025. The conference served as a powerful denunciation of the Modi government’s relentless assault on the education system and the future of India's youth.

On 17 February 2025, the united students of Delhi based Jamia Millia Islamia university took a spirited stand against the systemic repression of their voices and the erosion of the university's foundational values. Responding to a united call, students boycotted their classes and gathered at the Mohibul Hassan Block, marching towards the Dean of Students' Welfare (DSW) to present a memorandum of their demands.

On February 04, 2025 over 500 people were detained overnight across Kashmir without any proof or warrant but on mere "suspicion".  This action came after the announcement of ay “Security Review” meeting led by the Home Minister Amit Shah specifically on the situation in Kashmir, the same Amit Shah who is continuously given to chest thumping proclamations of normalcy and development in J&K.

AISA organised a protest at UGC headquarters in New Delhi on January 28 condemning the central government’s persistent reduction of funds to higher education institutions and demanding urgent reforms to ensure equitable access for marginalised students.

The following statement on the recent UGC Draft Guidelines 2025 was issued by All India Students’ Association (AISA) on January 13, 2025:

Despite the heavy police presence and crackdown on students' resistance on December 15, hundreds of Jamia came together to remember the horror and violence unleashed by the Delhi Police on campus on this day in 2019. The Jamia administration turned off the electricity of the entire campus to dissuade students from gathering. But the march proceeded from Central Canteen to Zakir Hussain Library; i.e. the site of the 2019 Delhi Police violence and concluded at Gate no. 7. 

On the night of 28th October, ABVP disrupted the UGBM discussion on ICC/GSCASH in JNU and just hours prior was also involved in organising an event that erupted into intoxication, vandalism, harassment and animal cruelty in Ambedkar University Delhi's Kashmere Gate Campus. In both these campuses ABVP has had a long history of violence and standing as a wall against the cause of gender justice.

In a statement issued on October 3, 2024, AISA condemned the unilateral suspension of 13 students at the Banaras Hindu University (BHU). These students are among those who dared to demand justice for the IIT-BHU gang-rape survivor. This is nothing, but an attempt to crush dissent and silence those who raised their voice for gender justice. The perpetrators, linked with the BJP, are roaming free and campaigning for their party, whereas those who protested for women’s safety are being shamefully castigated by the BHU administration.

The All-India Students’ Association (AISA) organised a Anti-Fascist march at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) on the night of September 28, commemorating the 117th birth anniversary of revolutionary Bhagat Singh and the 33rd martyrdom of Shankar Guha Niyogi. The march drew a diverse crowd of students, activists, and supporters, united in their demand to stand against fascism and protect the rights of marginalised communities.