NE: An issue in DU polls

New Delhi, September 4, 2014: Students organisation are trying hard to garner votes of northeast students in the Delhi University Students' Union (DUSU) polls, with "ending racial discrimination" becoming an important issue in their manifestos. The DUSU polls are scheduled for Sep 12.

In their manifestos, the Congress' student wing National Students' Union of India (NSUI) and Left-wing All India Students' Association (AISA) Thursday said they would work towards ending racial discrimination against students from northeast. Similarly, the AISA mentioned in its manifesto that it will hold regular sensitisation programmes against sexual harassment and discrimination routinely faced by students from the northeast.

An estimated 20,000 students from the northeast India are studying in the university.

Source: Morung Express