'Campus should have no religion': JNU & DU students talk about RW takeover of universities & more!

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From high-profile rallies to the hot seats being contested by Congress’s Kanhaiya Kumar and BJP’s Bansuri Swaraj and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s return to the election campaign after getting interim bail in the alleged liquor scam case – the national capital is bustling with political activities ahead of voting on May 25.

To decode the electoral mood of Delhi, Newslaundry sat with the students of Delhi University and Jawaharlal Nehru University on the JNU campus to talk about the issues that matter to the young minds.

The students discussed the controversies around the polls, Delhi politics, Kejriwal’s arrest, political parties’ attempts at saffronisation, women’s safety, the opposition under the Modi regime, unemployment, and the new education policy.

Many students said that the ABVP and the BJP were “making strong efforts” to saffronise and politicise campuses, while some pointed out that education had become “more expensive”, and also alleged that the BJP wanted to “eliminate democracy and the opposition”. We also discuss JNU's 'tukde-tukde' reputation.

00:00 - Introduction
4:00 - Attack on democracy in Delhi
5:09 - No debates in colleges
8:21 - Kejriwal's arrest
11:40 - Saffronisation in DU
13:29 - Attack on grants-based education
16:36 - Politicisation of recrutiment
21:29 - On budget for higher education
25:35 - Why is no one focusing on environment?
29:52 - Unemployment issue
32:21 - Loan-based approach in education
33:25 - Expensive courses in DU
38:55 - JNU's anti-national image
42:22 - Importance of youth politics
44:23 - Umar Khalid has support
46:26 - Galgotia-fication of Universities
48:15 - Why is the government cracking down on student protests?

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