National Students' Union of India

National Students' Union of India

NSUI Logo
Formation	9 April 1971; 53 years ago (1971-04-09)
Type	Student wing
Legal status	Active
Headquarters	5, Raisina Road, New Delhi
Membership	5.5 million
Chairperson	Mallikarjun Kharge
President	Varun Choudhary [1]
AICC Incharge	Kanhaiya Kumar [2]
National Media Chairman	Ravi Pandey [3]
Website	https://nsui.org/

The National Students' Union of India (NSUI) is the student wing of the Indian National Congress (INC or Congress). It was established on the 9th of April, 1971, founded by Indira Gandhi after merging the Kerala Students Union and the West Bengal State Chhatra Parishad to form a national students' organisation. Varun Choudhary is current National President of NSUI.^[4][5]

List of Presidents

S.no	President	Period		Home State
1	Rangarajan Kumaramangalam	1971	1974	Tamil Nadu
2	Mohan Gopal	1974	1976	Kerala
3	Geetanjali Maken	1976	1977	Delhi
4	K. K. Sharma	1977	1981	Uttar Pradesh
5	Subhash Chaudhary	1981	1982	Haryana
6	Ramesh Chennithala	1982	1984	Kerala
7	Mukul Wasnik	1984	1986	Maharashtra
8	Manish Tewari	1986	1993	Punjab
9	Saleem Ahmed	1993	1997	Karnataka
10	Alka Lamba	1997	1999	Delhi
11	Meenakshi Natarajan	1999	2003	Madhya Pradesh
12	Ashok Tanwar	2003	2005	Haryana
13	Nadeem Javed	2005	2008	Uttar Pradesh
14	Hibi Eden	2008	2012	Kerala
15	Rohit Chaudhary	2012	2014	Delhi
16	Roji M John	2014	2016	Kerala
17	Amrita Dhawan	2016	2017	Delhi
18	Fairoz Khan	2017	2018	Jammu and Kashmir
19	Neeraj Kundan	2019	2024	Jammu and Kashmir
20	Varun Choudhary	2024	Incumbent	Delhi

List of State Presidents

S.no	State	President
1	Andhra Pradesh	Naga Madhu Yadav
2	Arunachal Pradesh	Saruk Yura
3	Assam	Krishnanu Baruah
4	Bihar	Shashi
5	Chhattisgarh	Neeraj Pandey
6	Goa	Naushad Chowdhari
7	Gujarat	Narendra Solanki
8	Haryana	Avinash Yadav
9	Himachal Pradesh	Chatter Singh Thakur
10	Jharkhand	Syed Aamir Hashmi
11	Karnataka	Kirthi Ganesh
12	Kerala	Aloshious Xavier
13	Madhya Pradesh	Ashutosh Choksey
14	Maharashtra	Amir Shaikh
15	Manipur	Md Kabir Ahamad
16	Meghalaya	Mewan P Pariat
17	Mizoram	R. B. Lalmalsawma
18	Nagaland	X Chophika Sumi
19	Odisha	Yashir Nawaz
20	Punjab	Isherpreet Singh
21	Rajasthan	Vinod Jakhar
22	Sikkim
23	Tamil Nadu	M Chinnathambi
24	Telangana	Balmoor Venkat
25	Tripura	Swarup Kumar Sil
26	Uttarakhand	Vikas Negi
27	Uttar Pradesh	Rohit Rana (West) Anas Rahman (Central) Rishabh Pandey(East)
28	West Bengal	Sourav Prosad
29	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	M. A. Sajid
30	Chandigarh	Sachin Galav
31	Dadra Nagar Haveli
32	Daman and Diu
33	Delhi	Ashish Lamba
34	Jammu and Kashmir	Ajay Lakhotra
35	Ladakh
36	Lakshadweep	Ajas Akber Puthiya Illam
37	Mumbai	Pradyum Yadav
38	Puducherry	Kalyana Sundaram

Membership

In order to become a member of NSUI, one must be under 27 years of age, must be a student, must be a citizen of India, must not be part of any other political organisation and must not have been convicted of any criminal activity in past.^[6] NSUI categorizes its members into "Primary Members" and "Active Members". An aspiring member who applies for NSUI Membership, becomes a Primary member after the organisation's scrutiny process.^{[citation needed]}

Campaigns

'Burn the chaddi' campaign

In June 2022 during the Karnataka textbook controversy the Congress students' wing NSUI (National Students Union of India) protested against the saffronisation of school textbooks. As a symbolic protest they burnt an underwear outside the Home of Education Minister BC Nagesh. They set fire to a pair of khaki shorts similar to the short in the uniform of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) members.^[7]

The BJP complained to the police accusing the NSUI activists of trying to burn the minister's house down. Siddaramaiah said, "During a protest, we symbolically burnt one underwear - just one underwear. But the police and government made it a big issue and said we are trying to burn the house... So let's start a chaddi-burning campaign,". The Congress launched a "burn-the-chaddi" campaign and Siddaramaiah announced that, as a sign of protest against RSS ‘chaddis’ would be burnt.^[7]

Controversies

In November 2013, two members of the NSUI were injured by police as they attempted to submit a memorandum to the district magistrate.^[8] In late November, the NSUI filed a complain with the police against Madhu Kishwar, a writer who ousted the journalist that had been allegedly sexually assaulted by Tarun Tejpal.^[9] NSUI national secretary Akshay Kumar, who was also elected as the joint secretary of Delhi University Students' Union in 2010, allegedly submitted fake documents to secure admission in the Department of Buddhist Studies. An FIR (first information report) was filed against him by the Department of Buddhist Studies.^[10] In 2018, NSUI president Fairoz Khan stepped down from the post following the charges of sexual harassment against him.^[11]

JNU attack : Nikhil Savani, Gujarat NSUI general Secretary, among over 10 injured as student body clashes with ABVP during protest against campus violence.^[12]

Prayagraj arresting : On 26 July 2022, NSUI workers protested vehemently at University of Allahabad after the ED again called out Sonia Gandhi in the National Herald issue. Police arrested 15 protesters during the march. Those arrested are mainly Akhilesh Yadav, Himanshu Pachauri & Ajay Pandey Baagi.

Funeral Procession of Democracy : On April 20, 2023, a 'Funeral Procession of Democracy' was taken out under the leadership of Ajay Pandey Baagi and Himanshu Pachauri in protest against the cancellation of Rahul Gandhi's Lok Sabha membership. During Funeral Procession Himanshu Pachauri said: 'Two laws are applicable in this country. But we don't accept it, the government will pay the price for this act by losing power.'

Membership Drive : In December 2022, at University of Allahabad a membership drive was launched under the leadership of Himanshu Pachauri, in which thousands of students took membership of NSUI.

Varanasi attack : Valay Dutt Bajpai, NSUI Uttar Pradesh East General Secretary, ABVP students attacked the hostel of Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapeeth because the ABVP was wiped out in the student union of Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapeeth.

See also

• All India Students' Federation
• Students' Federation of India
• All India Students Association
• Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad
• Indian National Congress
• Indian Youth Congress
• Lists of political parties
• Neeraj Kundan

References

1. "Cong appoints Varun Choudhary to head NSUI".
2. "कन्हैया कुमार को सोंपी बड़ी ज़िम्मेदारी".
3. "NSUI Incharge Shri Kanhaiya Kumar and NSUI President Shri Varun Choudhary has appointed Shri Ravi Pandey as National Chairman of NSUI Media Department with immediate effect".
4. PTI (5 January 2024). "Congress appoints Alka Lamba chief of its women's wing, Varun Choudhary to head NSUI". ThePrint. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
5. "जानिए कौन हैं वरुण चौधरी जिसे कांग्रेस ने सौंपी NSUI की कमान, अलका लांबा बनी महिला कांग्रेस अध्यक्ष". Navbharat Times (in Hindi). Retrieved 8 March 2024.
6. "u Membership terms". Login.nsui.in. Archived from the original on 28 August 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
7. "Karnataka: What is 'burn the chaddi' campaign? Know why politicians are burning underwears as protest". Free Press Journal. 6 June 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
8. "NSUI students lathicharged during protest at inspector's office". The Times of India. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
9. "NSUI files complaint against Kishwar for tweeting survivor's name in Tejpal case". The Times of India. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
10. "NSUI national secretary submitted fake degree for admission in PhD course: DU Official". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
11. "NSUI president Fairoz Khan quits after Congress worker levels sexual harassment charges against him". The Hindu. PTI. 16 October 2018. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
12. "JNU attack: Nikhil Savani, Gujarat NSUI gen secy, among over 10 injured as student body clashes with ABVP during protest against campus violence". 7 January 2020.

External links

• Official website