National Students' Union of India facts for kids
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| Formation | 9 April 1971 |
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| Type | Student wing |
| Legal status | Active |
| Headquarters | 5, Raisina Road, New Delhi |
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Membership
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5.5 million |
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Chairperson
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Mallikarjun Kharge |
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President
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Varun Choudhary |
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AICC Incharge
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Kanhaiya Kumar |
| Website | https://nsui.org/ |
The National Students' Union of India (NSUI) is the student wing of the Indian National Congress (INC or Congress). It was established on the 9th of April, 1971, founded by Indira Gandhi after merging the Kerala Students Union and the West Bengal State Chhatra Parishad to form a national students' organisation. Varun Choudhary is current National President of NSUI.
Contents
List of Presidents
| S.no | President | Period | Home State | |
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| 1 | Rangarajan Kumaramangalam | 1971 | 1974 | Tamil Nadu |
| 2 | Mohan Gopal | 1974 | 1976 | Kerala |
| 3 | Geetanjali Maken | 1976 | 1977 | Delhi |
| 4 | K. K. Sharma | 1977 | 1981 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 5 | Subhash Chaudhary | 1981 | 1982 | Haryana |
| 6 | Ramesh Chennithala | 1982 | 1984 | Kerala |
| 7 | Mukul Wasnik | 1984 | 1986 | Maharashtra |
| 8 | Manish Tewari | 1986 | 1993 | Punjab |
| 9 | Saleem Ahmed | 1993 | 1997 | Karnataka |
| 10 | Alka Lamba | 1997 | 1999 | Delhi |
| 11 | Meenakshi Natarajan | 1999 | 2003 | Madhya Pradesh |
| 12 | Ashok Tanwar | 2003 | 2005 | Haryana |
| 13 | Nadeem Javed | 2005 | 2008 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 14 | Hibi Eden | 2008 | 2012 | Kerala |
| 15 | Rohit Chaudhary | 2012 | 2014 | Delhi |
| 16 | Roji M John | 2014 | 2016 | Kerala |
| 17 | Amrita Dhawan | 2016 | 2017 | Delhi |
| 18 | Fairoz Khan | 2017 | 2018 | Jammu and Kashmir |
| 19 | Neeraj Kundan | 2019 | 2024 | Jammu and Kashmir |
| 20 | Varun Choudhary | 2024 | Incumbent | Delhi |
List of State Presidents
| S.no | State | President | |||
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| 1 | Andhra Pradesh | Naga Madhu Yadav | |||
| 2 | Arunachal Pradesh | Saruk Yura | |||
| 3 | Assam | Krishnanu Baruah | General Secretary(Org): Julfikar Mazumdar | General Secretary: Rajibul Islam | Secretary: Manir Uddin |
| 4 | Bihar | Shashi | |||
| 5 | Chhattisgarh | Neeraj Pandey | |||
| 6 | Goa | Naushad Chowdhari | |||
| 7 | Gujarat | Narendra Solanki | |||
| 8 | Haryana | Avinash Yadav | |||
| 9 | Himachal Pradesh | Chatter Singh Thakur | |||
| 10 | Jharkhand | Syed Aamir Hashmi | |||
| 11 | Karnataka | Kirthi Ganesh | |||
| 12 | Kerala | Aloshious Xavier | |||
| 13 | Madhya Pradesh | Ashutosh Choksey | |||
| 14 | Maharashtra | Amir Shaikh | |||
| 15 | Manipur | Md Kabir Ahamad | |||
| 16 | Meghalaya | Mewan P Pariat | |||
| 17 | Mizoram | R. B. Lalmalsawma | |||
| 18 | Nagaland | X Chophika Sumi | |||
| 19 | Odisha | Yashir Nawaz | |||
| 20 | Punjab | Isherpreet Singh | |||
| 21 | Rajasthan | Vinod Jakhar | |||
| 22 | Sikkim | ||||
| 23 | Tamil Nadu | M Chinnathambi | |||
| 24 | Telangana | Balmoor Venkat | |||
| 25 | Tripura | Swarup Kumar Sil | |||
| 26 | Uttarakhand | Vikas Negi | |||
| 27 | Uttar Pradesh | Rohit Rana (West) Anas Rahman (Central) Rishabh Pandey(East) |
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| 28 | West Bengal | Sourav Prosad | |||
| 29 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | M. A. Sajid | |||
| 30 | Chandigarh | Sachin Galav | |||
| 31 | Dadra Nagar Haveli | ||||
| 32 | Daman and Diu | ||||
| 33 | Delhi | Ashish Lamba | |||
| 34 | Jammu and Kashmir | Ajay Lakhotra | |||
| 35 | Ladakh | ||||
| 36 | Lakshadweep | Ajas Akber Puthiya Illam | |||
| 37 | Mumbai | Pradyum Yadav | |||
| 38 | Puducherry | Kalyana Sundaram |
Membership
In order to become a member of NSUI, one must be under 27 years of age, must be a student, must be a citizen of India, must not be part of any other political organisation and must not have been convicted of any criminal activity in past. NSUI categorizes its members into "Primary Members" and "Active Members". An aspiring member who applies for NSUI Membership, becomes a Primary member after the organisation's scrutiny process.
Campaigns
'Burn the chaddi' campaign
In June 2022 during the Karnataka textbook controversy the Congress students' wing NSUI (National Students Union of India) protested against the saffronisation of school textbooks. As a symbolic protest they burnt an underwear outside the Home of Education Minister BC Nagesh. They set fire to a pair of khaki shorts similar to the short in the uniform of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) members.
The BJP complained to the police accusing the NSUI activists of trying to burn the minister's house down. Siddaramaiah said, "During a protest, we symbolically burnt one underwear - just one underwear. But the police and government made it a big issue and said we are trying to burn the house... So let's start a chaddi-burning campaign,". The Congress launched a "burn-the-chaddi" campaign and Siddaramaiah announced that, as a sign of protest against RSS ‘chaddis’ would be burnt.
See also
- All India Students' Federation
- Students' Federation of India
- All India Students Association
- Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad
- Indian National Congress
- Indian Youth Congress
- Lists of political parties
- Neeraj Kundan
