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Disha Students' Organization/ दिशा छात्र संगठन
Flee Not, Change The World !
इलाहाबाद विश्वविद्यालय में दिशा छात्र संगठन के साथियों पर संघी गुण्डों द्वारा किये गये कायराना हमले का विरोध करो! ![]()
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कैम्पस में जनवादी स्पेस के लिए एकजुट हो!!
इलाहाबाद विश्वविद्यालय में संघी लम्पटों के द्वारा दिशा छात्र संगठन के साथियों के साथ मारपीट व गाली गलौज ![]()
आज 3 फ़रवरी को इलाहाबाद विश्वविद्यालय के बरगद लॉन में दिशा छात्र संगठन के साथियों के द्वारा अनौपचारिक बातचीत के दौरान संघी लम्पटों द्वारा गाली गलौज के साथ साथ मारपीट की गई जिसमें दिशा छात्र संगठन की महिला साथियों को पेट में मुक्का मारने, बाल खींच के घसीटने और इसके साथ ही मां बहन की गाली दी गई जिसमें कई महिला साथियों को गंभीर चोटें आईं, संजय, पूजा, निधि, इशांत, उत्कर्ष, अमन, प्रिंस, और चंद्रप्रकाश गंभीर रूप से चोटिल हुए। इस पूरे मामले में विश्वविद्यालय प्रशासन का एक तरफ़ा रवैया रहा जिसमें मारपीट करने वाले संघी लम्पटों को सीधा संरक्षण दिया गया और शांति पूर्ण तरीके से बातचीत करने वाले छात्रों को प्रॉक्टर अतुल नारायण के द्वारा प्रॉक्टर ऑफिस में बैठा कर घंटों परेशान किया गया। इलाहाबाद विश्वविद्यालय में बजरंग दल की गाड़ियां खुली घूम रही हैं, और प्रशासन इसको रोकने के बजाय गुंडागर्दी करने वाले एबीवीपी और संघी लम्पटों को विश्वविद्यालय प्रशासन से सुरक्षित निकालने का काम रहा है।
यूजीसी द्वारा कैम्पसों में जातिगत उत्पीड़न की समाप्ति के लिए लाये गये नये प्रावधानों पर 'दिशा छात्र संगठन' द्वारा जारी बयान।![]()
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Statement by Disha Students’ Organization on the Supreme Court stay on UGC’s new ‘Promotion of Equity in Higher Education Institutions Regulations, 2026’ ![]()
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Following the controversy over the new ‘Promotion of Equity in Higher Education Institutions Regulations, 2026’ implemented by the UGC to prevent discrimination in educational institutions across the country, the Supreme Court has ordered a stay on the regulations. The court directed that the older regulations of 2012 must stay in effect, expressing concern over the potential misuse of the new regulations. This is perhaps the first instance in the last 11 years of the current fascist regime that the Supreme Court has stayed the implementation of a law or regulation. This is the same court that ignored public resistance against the BNS, BNSS, BSA, changes to sedition laws, and laws like UAPA and MCOCA, giving fascists a free hand to crush public dissent. The BJP government is openly misusing the Election Commission, ED, and CBI to serve its own interests, but all of this seems to be “invisible” to the court’s eyes. Hundreds of teachers, students, political and social activists, such as Delhi University professors G.N. Saibaba and Hany Babu, Father Stan Swamy, Umar Khalid and others, have been imprisoned for years without any charges being proven, through the misuse of these laws. Many among them are still imprisoned, while many have faced judicial murder. It is through the misuse of laws that Bilkis Bano’s rapists are released, the influential BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Senger gets bail, and a rapist like Ram Rahim is repeatedly out on parole. It is not that these cases were not on the court’s radar, yet the court has taken no effective steps in these matters. However, based on a possibility of potential misuse, a necessary regulation has been suspended, one that is a crucial step to curb the increasing caste-based, communal, regional-based, linguistic, gender-based, and disability-based discrimination and oppression prevalent on campuses for years now. Oppression and discrimination on the basis of caste, religion, gender on campuses across the country are not figments of imagination but the stark reality of our society. Data presented by the UGC to a parliamentary committee and the Supreme Court reveals that complaints of caste-based discrimination in universities and colleges across the country have increased by 118.4% in the last five years.![]()
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The truth is, it was the dissent that poured into the streets with questions that arose from the institutional murders of Rohith Vemula, Payal Tadvi, and Darshan Solanki, against the years of discrimination on campuses that forced that University Grants Commission to make new guidelines to prevent discrimination in universities and colleges. It is not as though these new guidelines were something “revolutionary”, warranting much celebration. In a country where discrimination and oppression based on caste, gender, and religion are commonplace, the fact that it took so long to introduce such guidelines raises questions. Some people have become so enthusiastic about these new guidelines that they are promoting them as though it is the final nail in the coffin of the caste system in India. In truth, this is a crucial step that should have been implemented much earlier. These new guidelines that have come after such a long time are riddled with numerous loopholes that allow the perpetrators to get away scot free, undermining justice and democracy. ![]()
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According to the new guidelines, a ten-member Equity Committee will be established in every university and college. The committee will comprise of two students, two prominent members of civil society, three professors, one non-academic staff member, the head of the institution (ex officio), and a coordinator from the Centre. All of these members will be nominated. In such a scenario, there is a strong possibility that whoever has political connections and influence will become a member of this committee and will also influence the course of justice. Students, employees and other members of the university will have no say in the selection of the members. The democratic process would be that the members are elected, not nominated. This Equity Committee has no authority to punish the accused. If a case warrants action under criminal law, the Equity Committee can merely notify the police. The concerned party can appeal to the Ombudsman against the committee’s decision. The ombudsman may appoint an amicus curiae (friend of the court) to facilitate the hearing of any appeal. This amicus curiae will charge a fee in return for justice, which will have to be paid by the institution. The ombudsman will "attempt" to resolve the matter within 30 days from the appeal. In such a scenario, there is a strong possibility that the entire process will simply become yet another bureaucratic framework, and the victim of discrimination will have to give up all hope of obtaining justice.![]()
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Ever since these new guidelines were released, a section of the upper-castes have taken to the streets in protest, proceeding from the ground of casteist-Brahmanical thinking. On the other hand, there is also a section of the population that is uncritically supporting these guidelines. Both of these factions are a danger to the broad unity of students, and appear to be playing on the pitch of BJP’s divide-and-rule policy. The fascist BJP stands to benefit the most from this entire issue because, on the one hand, the Modi government is presenting itself as a well-wisher of the backward classes and SC/ST communities by introducing new guidelines which are actually incomplete, insufficient to prevent discrimination, and undemocratic. On the other hand, the section of upper-castes that are protesting are essentially and mainly the vehicle of fascist-casteist ideas themselves. With the Supreme Court’s stay on the new guidelines, the BJP will easily win over this section with their communal politics. At a critical juncture when the entire world is on the brink of turmoil, when the Modi government’s “popularity” is rapidly declining after major setbacks in foreign policy, when Modi and the BJP government are under scrutiny after the deaths of dozens in Indore due to drinking contaminated water, when unemployment and expensive education are looming large over students and youth across the country, this polarization will create favorable conditions for the BJP and the Sangh Parivar.![]()
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Those opposing these new guidelines are arguing that these new equity guidelines would be misused to entrap upper-castes and that Section 3 (C) of the new guidelines was unconstitutional. However, the truth is that this claim has nothing to do with reality. Historically, Dalits and backward castes have faced oppression in universities, villages, cities, and workplaces, and even today, it is generally these communities that face discrimination. Secondly, empty noise is being created over the misuse of these new guidelines. The truth is quite the opposite of this. The provisions contain so many loopholes that the perpetrator can easily escape any consequence after committing the crime. ![]()
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In this manner, these new UGC guidelines are a crucial step, but it is also true that the democratic process was not followed in their implementation. Secondly, it is necessary to understand that this is not going to become a document for the abolition of caste, as some people are making it out to be. These new rules provide safeguards to women and people with disabilities of all caste groups, as well as economically disadvantaged upper castes and minorities. Therefore, framing this entire issue as upper-castes versus SCs, STs, and OBCs is simply falling into a fascist binary. In fact, all these forms of discrimination in our society are nurtured by the rule of capital and as long as the rule of capital continues, the ground for such discrimination will continue to be produced and reproduced.![]()
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