Student-Youth

The All India Students' Association (AISA) in a statement on September 2, 2024 strongly condemned the newly announced Digital Media Policy by the Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government. This policy, which offers social media influencers up to ₹8 lakh per month to promote government schemes, is a direct and dangerous assault on freedom of speech. Under the guise of promoting welfare schemes, this policy seeks to control the narrative on digital platforms, silencing any dissent against the ruling party.

AISA – RYA State level workshop was held on 23 August, 2024 at Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh. State President Vemanna, State Secretary Nagaraju, State Leaders Anil, Nagarjuna, Sarayu, Devi, K Nageswara Rao, Lova Kumar were part of the Presidium.

The CPIML State Secretary B Bangarrao delivered the inaugural speech and emphasised on countering the communal forces under the BJP in the state should be nipped in the bud.

The All India Students’ Association has strongly condemned the unconstitutional and authoritarian order issued by the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai, which imposes an “immediate ban” on the activities and participation of the 'Progressive Students Forum' (PSF), a student organisation, in any campus events.

It has been eight days since the JNU Students’ Union (JNUSU) has been on an indefinite hunger strike, with many students fasting for a better and inclusive campus. Notably, JNU is a university of excellence in the country and has a vibrant student democracy, which has stood the test of time thanks to its students and student organisations, who have fought tooth and nail to preserve the inclusive and accessible nature of their campus, against the slew of assault by the university administration and BJP led Union government.

The All India Students' Association (AISA) gave a call for Parliament March Against NTA on August 9, demanding accountability from the NDA Government at the Centre on the recent corruption in NEET, NET and other competitive exams! This institutionalised corruption in national level exams on a continual basis has hampered the academic prospects of lakhs of students. AISA demanded the resignation of Union Minister for Education Dharmendra Pradhan and a complete scrapping of the National Testing Agency (NTA).

Railways is the lifeline of the Indian people, and is the means of livelihood for lakhs of people, but also carries the dreams of crores of citizens. Railways enables thousands of workers go in search of jobs, for students to avail education and appear for exams, for patients to avail healthcare, etc.

All India Students’ Association (AISA) has strongly condemned the brutal violence against students and youth in Bangladesh that took place on July 16, in which six students were killed.

On July 3, INDIA bloc student organisations held a joint protest demonstration at Jantar Mantar. Organisations including AISA, NSUI, AISF, MSF, SFI among others joined the protest along with NEET and NET aspirants raising demand for immediate scrapping of NTA and the resignation of Dharmendra Pradhan.

In uproar against the NEET UG 2024 results that was announced on June 4, 2024, which has exposed irregularities and corruption in the conducting of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) by the National Testing Agency (NTA), AISA activists, and several NEET aspirants and their parents staged protests in New Delhi, Jharkhand, Bihar, Uttarakhand, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, and other states.

On June 1, several students-civil society organisations, along with hundreds of the citizens of Delhi and All India Students' Association activists, came together at Delhi's Jantar Mantar demanding an end to Israel's genocidal war against Palestinians in Gaza. The protesters saluted the steadfastness of the people of Gaza and the whole of Palestine in the face of war crimes, massacres and brutality by Israeli forces.