AISA, SFI announce alliance for DUSU election

The All India Students’ Association (AISA) and the Students’ Federation of India (SFI) on Wednesday announced an alliance to contest the upcoming Delhi University Students’ Union (DUSU) election.

In a joint statement, the two Left outfits said the alliance was being formed against the backdrop of sustained student protests led by the SFI and AISA, which, they claimed, had culminated in the resignation of then Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.

“It is this renewed political energy that has now entered the Delhi University campus. Students are responding positively to the SFI-AISA campaign that puts their real concerns at the centre and challenges the money and muscle politics represented by ABVP and NSUI,” they said.

The outfits also cited the recent building collapse at Satya Niketan, saying it had exposed the unsafe conditions in which students were expected to live and further sharpened student anger.