Delhi University students demands Student Metro Pass ahead of DUSU election
New Delhi: Ahead of Delhi University Student Union (DUSU) election, scores of members of the Left-affiliate All India Students Association (AISA) took out a rally titled " DU demands " in the University"s North Campus on Tuesday. Demanding a violence free campus, hostel facility and metro concessional passes , the students submitted a memorandum under their campaign " Hinsa Nahi Hostel Chahiye, Fare Hike Nahi Metro Pass Chahiye ." The memorandum had 20,000 signatures of students across colleges and was presented to the Vice Chancellor. Kawalpreet Kaur, President of DU AISA said, "In a country where more than 80% belong to the lower income group, quality and affordable education to all has to be the biggest priority for any model of development. But other than constructing more universities on those lines we must also focus on DU. On the one hand, DU is being made unaffordable to common students, and on the other, it is becoming a hub of hooliganism."...