As I am writing this, counting for JNUSU polls is underway. The most disturbing thing that happened this election was the cancellation of Swati Singh’s Candidature as General Secretary.

On the intervening night preceding the day of elections, Swati’s candidature was revoked with immediate notice at around 2 AM.

What then followed was a curious case of politics of everyday life being transmogrified into the politics of JNUSU Polls.

United Left Panel in a hurry fielded BAPSA’s Priyanshi Arya as  United Left Panel’s candidate for Gen Sec. Keep it in mind that the new posters released after this proves that Left Unity has broken.

How? The posters thus released have only AISA, SFI and AISF as undersigned for central panel Candidates. DSF is absent.

So, the United Left is no Longer United. Left unity has broken just before the elections.

DSF has taken a stand that they want re-election for the post of Gen Sec. And Swati Singh  has gone on an indefinite hunger strike against what she claims ‘ABVP-Admin’ nexus. Whereas AISA has not cleared their stance regarding the cancellation of Swati’s candidature.

What is even more interesting is that BAPSA has also not officially acquiesced to the fielding of Priyanshi as a Gen Sec Candidate for the now broken United Left Panel. BAPSA has neither supported DSF’s demand for re-election nor accepted the now broken United Left Panel’s fielding of Priyanshi as Gen Sec.

At first it seems ABVP is acting against Swati Singh but why has AISA not taken a stance in support of Swati?

Is AISA literally being true to its Hindi translation Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad?