07/02/2026
JNU Students' Union organised a students parliament at the University on the topic of VBSA Bill, Rohith Act and unjust rustication of JNUSU representatives.
At the Student Parliament msf National President Ahamad Saju PV presented msf‘s clear and principled stand on the key challenges confronting students and public education in India.
On the Rohith Vemula Act, msf asserted that no student should ever again be driven to death by caste discrimination, institutional humiliation, or administrative neglect. Rohith Vemula’s death exposed how unsafe many universities remain for Dalit, Adivasi, OBC, minority, women, and disabled students. Existing grievance mechanisms lack independence and authority. The Rohith Vemula Act is essential to ensure accountability, independent oversight, and the protection of constitutional values of dignity, equality, and the right to education without fear.
msf strongly opposed the VBSA Bill, 2025, stating that it represents a direct attack on public education. The Bill centralises academic control, weakens university autonomy and federalism, replaces public funding with loan-based models, and accelerates privatisation. It threatens reservations, scholarships, job security of teachers, and academic freedom, making higher education inaccessible to marginalised communities.
msf also expressed complete solidarity with the students of Jawaharlal Nehru University. The rustication of elected JNUSU representatives and the imposition of heavy fines for peaceful protest signal a dangerous shrinking of democratic space on campuses. Universities must encourage debate and dissent, not punish it.
msf reaffirmed that its struggle is rooted in the Constitution and committed to defending social justice, public education, and campus democracy.
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