The JNU Students' Union (JNUSU) has dismissed the ABVP claims, stating that they have no role to play in this and the hostel work is affected because of the strike that is being conducted by the sanitisation and mess workers against the administration.
ABVP stages protest over mess workers being stopped from preparing food
The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad held a protest on Jawaharlal Nehru University's campus alleging that left organisations are not allowing hostel mess workers to prepare food for students. About 30 ABVP members gathered in the University's Sabarmati Lawn and shouted slogans against the left organisations while making demands for good food and other facilities for the hostel residents.
However, the JNU Students' Union (JNUSU) has dismissed the ABVP claims, stating that they have no role to play in this and the hostel work is affected because of the strike that is being conducted by the sanitisation and mess workers against the administration. ABVP in a statement condemned and said this is an "anti-student and anti-JNU act" by "left organisations". They also raised concern that stopping the mess facilities has caused a huge burden for students living on campus.
"On May 5, residents of many hostels were not served breakfast and lunch because the Maoist goondas prohibited workers from entering the mess area and forcibly closed the mess. ABVP stands with workers who are crucial stakeholders of the university community without whom the university cannot function," alleged ABVP, as reported by Zee News.
Meanwhile, All India Central Council of Trade Unions (AICCTU) stated that more than hundreds of sanitation and mess workers from the varsity have boycotted their work on May 5 and continued their indefinite sit-in protest in front of the office of the Dean of students in JNU. Several JNUSU students were also there supporting the workers protest.
"The workers have not been paid salary for last several months. They have been holding protests. We have not prevented anyone from entering the mess," JNUSU Secretary Madhurima Kundu told.
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