AIDSO Condemns the Assault on Democratic Rights Intended to Prevent Mahapanchayat

StudentsPledge Date 28.05.2023 – Condemning the arrest of protesting wrestlers Sakshi Malik, Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia, several activists and prominent leaders of social movements who were en route to participate in the Mahapanchayat at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi in solidarity with the protesting wrestlers, AIDSO General Secretary Sourav Ghosh has issued the following statement to the press: He said, “Few metres away from the new parliament, which the Prime Minister of India is inaugurating as the ‘temple of democracy’, democratic rights are being assailed and violated by Delhi Police…

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Solidarity Message to the struggling students of Geyzing College

StudentsPledge Date 12.05.2023 – The All India Committee of AIDSO extends its heartfelt solidarity with the protesting students of GeyzingGovernment Degree College of Sikkim.While the students are demanding the timely completion of institution’s building, which is very much a democratic demand but the government disrespecting the democratic practices is taking actions like arresting and expulsion of students. Even after serving a legal notice which allows those students to continue their study, the college authority has been reluctant to issue admit cards for the end-session exams. It cannot be denied that…

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AIDSO vehemently condemns the brutal attack by police on the struggling wrestlers at Jantar Mantar as well as Students Solidarity Rally in DU

StudentsPledge Date 04.05.2023 – Condemning the police brutality on the wrestlers & DU students, Sourav Ghosh, General Secretary, AIDSO stated in the press statement: “AIDSO strongly condemns the brutal attack by Delhi Police on the struggling wrestlers at Jantar Mantar as well as on the students solidarity rally in DU and stands United in solidarity with the fighting Wrestlers. It is known to all that the wrestlers of our country have taken to the streets of the capital and have been protesting persistently against the sexual harassment that they had…

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AIDSO Delhi vehemently condemns police brutality on students of DU protesting in solidarity with the struggling wrestlers at Jantar Mantar

StudentsPledge Date 03.05.2023 – Condemning the police brutality on students of DU protesting peacefully and democratically, in solidarity with the struggling wrestlers at Jantar Mantar, Shreya, Secretary, AIDSO Delhi stated in a press statement:“We all know that the wrestlers of our country have taken to the streets of the capital and have been protesting at Jantar Mantar, seeking justice against the sexual harassment that they had to face at hands of the WFI President and BJP MP, Brijbhushan Sharan Singh. In support of the movement, AIDSO alongwith all the left…

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AIDSO severely condemns the omission Darwinian Theory of Evolution from School Curriculum

Studentspledge Date 25.04.2023 – Opposing the heinous fascistic move to omit several important chapters including Darwinian Theory of evolution from the school curriculum, AIDSO General Secretary Sourav Ghosh said in a statement: This move by NCERT, on the grounds of reducing syllabus load is very much dangerous in many aspects. The removal of evolutionary biology from class X means that only those students who will choose biology as a subject in science stream from class XI will learn about the theory. However, it is a fact that understanding Darwinian Theory…

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Revoke the undemocratic and arbitrary changes made by NCERT in the text books of 10th and 12th standards – AIDSO

Date 05.04.2023 – Revoke the undemocratic and arbitrary changes made by NCERT in the text books of 10th and 12th standards – AIDSO“It’s highly condemnable that the NCERT in tune with the divisive, communal & intolerant politics of BJP has arbitrarily resorted to changes in 10th and 12th standard History, Civics, Hindi and Political Science Textbooks. Thus a crime against rational thinking, culture & civilisation is being perpetrated” said AIDSO General Secretary, Sourav Ghosh in a statement issued to press.Further he said, “It’s deplorable the central government has once again…

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AIDSO Strongly Condemns the Fascistic Attack by ABVP goons at Utkal University, Odisha

Date – 13.02.2023 – Sourav Ghosh, the General Secretary of All India Democratic Students’ Organisation (AIDSO), in a press statement, strongly condemned the heinous attack by the hooligans of ABVP on the guests and the organisers in an educational seminar at the PG Council Hall of Utkal University, Bhubaneswar. While Professor Surajit Majumdar, an eminent professor of JNU was delivering his speech, these goons manhandled him as well as other educationists present on the spot. It is not an isolated incident. To crush the movement against various educational problems and…

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सार्वजनिक शिक्षा प्रणाली को नष्ट करने वाला तथा ज्ञान सृजन में बाधक शिक्षा बजट 2023-24 कॉरपोरेटों के हितों का साधक

Date – 02.02.2023 – ए.आई.डी.एस.ओ. के महासचिव सौरव घोष  शिक्षा बजट 2023-24 पर प्रतिक्रिया ज़ाहिर करते हुए प्रेस को कहा:“जहाँ तक छात्र समुदाय का सवाल है, केंद्रीय बजट 2023 पूरी तरह से निराशाजनक है। कई वर्षों से देखा जा रहा है कि शिक्षा बजट में आवंटित राशि को बढ़ा हुआ दिखाया जाता है, लेकिन कुल बजट के मुकाबले शिक्षा के लिए आवंटन का प्रतिशत कम होता जा रहा है। एन.ई.पी.-2020 को अपनाने से ठीक पहले वित्तीय वर्ष 2020-21 में शिक्षा के लिए आवंटन कुल बजट का 3.26% था जो बाद…

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Education Budget 2023-24 serves the interests of corporates, destroying public education system and detrimental to knowledge creation

Date – 02.02.2023 – Sourav Ghosh, General Secretary of AIDSO issued following statement to the press:“The Union Budget 2023 is utterly disappointing, as far as students’ section of the country is concerned. It has been observed, since many years, that while the total amount of the budget is shown to be increased, the percentage of the allocation devoted for education, relative to the total expenditure, is decreasing. In the financial year 2020-21, just before the Prime Minister’s cherished NEP 2020 was adopted, the allocation for education was 3.26% of the…

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Putting ban on BBC’s documentary is a blatant use of power against democratic practices

Date – 30.01.2023 – Sourav Ghosh, General Secretary of AIDSO issued following statement to the press today.“The BBC’s documentary ‘India: The Modi Question’ is being attributed for the fierce controversy that it has sparked in the entire nation. The central government took no time to impose a ban on this documentary and it has been taken down from all social media platforms. In JNU, DU, Ambedkar University, HCU, TISS and many other educational institutions, notice has been issued against its screening and, wherever its screening is taking place, students are…

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