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Students’ Islamic Organisation of India (SIO) Karnataka zone strongly feels that educational campuses must have democratic atmosphere, so that students can freely express and take up the problems and needs of the students, campuses and nation. To solve educational and social problems of universities “student union elections” are the need of hour. In this regard SIO Karnataka zone had a press meet on 31st March.

Universities of state of Karnataka are coming under news for rampant corruption in them. Universities are supposed to create healthy society but they are losing this character. One of the primary reasons for this maladministration and illegal gratification is the absence of active students union in universities. The government has banned the students union election in view of the propaganda that students union election will effect academic atmosphere of campuses and encourage absenteeism, which is  in fact baseless and condemn-able. SIO believes that students union election helps and facilitates in creating and grooming the future leaders of our nation and to solve education problems. Not only this, the most of active political leaders have come from student politics, which we all know.

The honourable supreme court has directed all universities to implement Lyngdoh commission recommendation in its order on 22/09/2006, which speaks for conducting student union election in all colleges and universities. To conduct students union election, the Lyngdoh committee’s recommendation must be followed. The union election should be conducted through nomination paper. In this regard the University Grants Commision (UGC) on 16 August 2007 has sent a circular to all universities to take necessary steps to ensure strict compliance of the order of the Hon’ble supreme court. Even after clear instructions from UGC in this regard, the Lyngdoh committee’s recommendation for conducting elections is still not implemented in universities and colleges of karnataka. Thus, UGC has even sent the reminder circular to all universities on 5th Sept 2014.

Government must explain this and take necessary steps to ensure strict compliance of Hon’ble Supreme court order. We have even requested some of our MLAs to discuss about Student union election’s pros and cons in assembly session and propose for resumption of student union election in universities and colleges.

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