14th November is a big day for JNU: Founder's day.
Some 4 years back Poonam (PRO) persuaded the administration to celebrate it in a big way. The idea took root in the form of Nehru Memorial Lecture. One year we had Manmohan Singh. DSU (Democratic Student's Union) and PSU (Progressive Student Union), both part of extreme left-wing, spent days in organizing the protest. AISA was also part of that nonsense. All the rector and VC could do was to stand by helplessly. There was a massive protest. NSUI took offense and all the factions beat each other up. I am assuming lots of frustrations were vented out.
This year we invited Somnath Chatterjee to talk about the role of Parliament in Democracy.
DSU and PSU showed up at the venue with lots of banners and slogans. Their problem: Nandigram. It was the best occasion to indulge in CPI vs CPI(M) fight.
The administration is as usual clueless how to deal with this.
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