Failing health of students makes JNUSU call off fast

The JNUSU also accused the Congress-backed NSUI of sabotaging the interest of poor students. “What demarcates this agitation from other JNUSU agitations is the direct intervention by the ruling party at the Centre,the Congress through the NSUI,in trying to sabotage the students’ struggle. During the 10-day strike,it became amply clear to the JNUSU that the administration was prevented from enhancing the MCM beyond Rs 2,000 by the Central government under the pretext of paucity of funds,” a JNUSU statement said.

In August,the university administration increased the MCM scholarship by Rs 500 taking the scholarship amount to Rs 2,000. But students have been demanding that it be increased to Rs 3,000. JNU spokesperson Poonam Kudaisiya said even the Rs 500 hike has put an additional burden of Rs 1.5 crore on the university.

Nearly 1,400 students of the university belonging to economically weaker sections avail the scholarship.