The continued impasse between the JNU administration and its pupil union might finish quickly. Each side have reached a consensus on a number of calls for. The scholar union was on a starvation strike for the final 15 days on a number of points. The college has agreed to fulfill at the least 6 of the 12 main calls for of the protesting pupil union.
These calls for embody restoring the outdated inside entrance examination system for admission – JNU Entrance Examination (JNUEE), conducting a caste census of the campus, rising the quantity of scholarship and a proposal to cut back the weightage given to viva for admission.
Regardless of these developments, the union has continued its protest, with president Dhananjay and councilor Nitish Kumar adamant on the starvation strike, which continued for the sixteenth day on Monday. They’re demanding a written settlement on the calls for. The starvation strike started on August 11.
In an announcement, the scholars’ union stated, “Dhananjay has misplaced greater than 5 kg and his ketone stage is 4+, indicating extreme strain on his kidneys because of the starvation strike. He has additionally developed jaundice and a urinary tract an infection (UTI). Nitish has misplaced round 7 kg and has turn into very weak, complaining of extreme joint and muscle ache.”
JNUSU college students as soon as once more introduced a starvation strike and evening vigil to press for his or her calls for. In keeping with an announcement by the scholars’ physique, on August 23, the day of the lengthy march by JNUSU to the schooling ministry, the college’s rector-I, Brijesh Kumar Pandey, assured the scholars that the college would settle for a few of their calls for.