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Thursday, Nov 24, 2005

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Vote for censure motion: SFI-AISF

Staff Reporter

" Defeat impeachment motion against JNUSU president Mona Das''

NEW DELHI: Criticising the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union (JNUSU) president Mona Das for sticking to an "undemocratic and irresponsible'' position on the recent black flag protests held against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the campus, the SFI-AISF combine has called upon the student community to vote for the recently passed censure motion by the JNUSU Council at the UGBM meeting on Saturday.

The student outfit, however, reiterated that impeachment of the JNUSU president on the issue was not justified and asked students to defeat the motion. Reacting to the statement issued by Mona Das, the student outfit on Wednesday said the JNUSU president had failed to address the questions that had been raised about her role during the Prime Minister's visit.

Responding to her attack on JNUSU's role during the protests, SFI-AISF said: "The composition of the present/past JNUSU is/was decided by the student community of JNU. The president of JNUSU neither has the right to question the mandate of the students nor bypass the democratic processes laid down by the JNUSU Constitution simply because she does not like the composition of the JNUSU.''

It further asked why as the JNUSU president, if she was against the visit, did she not raise the issue after getting elected as president.

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