JNU students president president to contest assembly election in WB

JNU Students Union (JNUSU) president Aishe Ghosh on Thursday announced she will be contesting the assembly election in West Bengal as a candidate of the Communist Party of India (Marxist).

In a tweet, Aishe Ghosh said she will file nomination papers from the Jamuria assembly seat. She is the first sitting president of the JNUSU to contest in an assembly election. JNU Names Road Inside Campus After VD Savarkar, JNUSU Chief Says ‘Don’t Have Space for Likes of Him’.

“Will be contesting from Jamuria Legislative Assembly Seat as candidate of the CPI(M), supported by the Sanyukt Morcha. Requesting all of your support,” Ghosh tweeted.

She was critically injured in a brutal attack on students and teachers on the JNU campus in January last year. The violence on the university campus sparked protests across the country. Kerala Assembly Elections 2021: CPI-M Announces 83 Candidates, 5 Ministers Not on List.

Elections to the 294-member West Bengal assembly will be held in eight phases, with the first phase beginning on March 27. The final round of voting will take place on April 29 and the votes will be counted on May 2.

Apart from the Left parties and the Congress, the Indian Secular Front is also part of the alliance.