Misogynistic songs and communal slogans played at JNU event: AISA

The AISA alleged that during this programme, the DJ played songs with open "misogynist intonations" and slogans like 'Bhagwa Lehrayenge'.

Left-backed All India Students' Association (AISA) has alleged that during an inter-hostel meet at the Jawaharlal Nehru University songs with misogynistic intonations and communal slogans like Bhagwa Lehrayenge were played. On January 27, Alumni Association of JNU (AAJ) had orgranised an inter-hostel night and it was conducted in the Sabarmati Lawn. 

The AISA alleged that during this programme, the DJ played songs with open "misogynist intonations" and slogans like 'Bhagwa Lehrayenge'. There was no response from the alumni association and the JNU administration on AISA's claim. The AISA alleged that this exposed the current administration's double standards.

It also claimed that student organisations were not allowed to conduct public meetings and were often issued show-cause notices for democratically raising their voice, but the ABVP and other Sangh-affiliated bodies got a free hand to spread their communal agenda under such programmes.

The AISA demanded that the JNU administration and hostel wardens, who were part of the organising committee, be held accountable for allowing such "misogynistic songs" and communal slogans to be raised on the campus.

"We appeal to the student community to stay vigilant against any further misuse of our campus spaces to fulfil the RSS agenda of propagating the culture of division and exclusion," the statement read.

Earlier, Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit, took over the charge of the first women VC of JNU. On February 7, the Ministry of Education (MoE) appointed Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit, a professor of political science at Savitribai Phule Pune University, as the new VC of JNU. Pandit succeeds M Jagadesh Kumar who recently became chairman of the University Grants Commission (UGC).

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