Campus Front of India

Campus Front of India

Official flag
Motto "Students for the social change"
Formation 2009
Type Student Organisation
Headquarters Abul Fazal Enclave 1, Jamia Negar, New Delhi-110025,India
National President
 P Abdul Nazar
Vice President
 Syed Anwar
Vice President
 Anisujjaman
Website campusfrontofindia.org

The Campus Front of India is a student's organisation based in India. It was launched at New Delhi on November 7, 2009. The organization is intended to encourage student activism.[1][2][3][4]

Agitations

FYUP Row

Campus Front of India protested against four year undergraduate programme(FYUP), which was to be launched at Delhi University. On June 20, 2013 it organized a signature campaign in more than 100 colleges of 20 universities across India.[5][6]

Saujanya Murder case

Campus Front of India, Dakshina Kannada demanded handing over the Soujanya rape and murder case to CBI in a protest held in front of Deputy Commissioner's office in Mangalore.[7] Several student activists were held by the police when they attempted to gherao the office.[8] Later the case was handed over to the CBI.

Against the scarf ban for the AIPMT 2016

The Campus Front of India had launched protest against the CBSE conducted AIPMT for including the scarf in its list of banned items. The AIPMT has also "banned" the scarf in the 2015 exams as well.[9]

The banning had already created ruckus in 2015 with two Muslim students having to approach the Kerala HC for special permssion to don their Islamic attire, while a nun (who had not approached the HC) from the same state, was debarred from the exam.

Rohith Vemula case

Rohith Vemula's suicide sparked protests and outrage from across India and gained widespread media attention as an alleged case of discrimination against Dalits and low status caste in India, in which elite educational institutions have been purportedly seen as hotbeds of caste-based discrimination against students belonging to lower caste.[10] Campus Front held termed his suicide as Institutional murder and held protests and demonstartions throughout the country.[11][12]

Other Agitations

Mangalore One School Child Abuse Issue

Campus Front protested against the Mangalore One School Management for their irresponsible behavior after 4-year-old girl was sexually assaulted by the cab driver.[13][14][15] Campus Front extended its support to Justice for Baby Nirbhaya Forum by United Muslim Organization and participated in massive Silent Candle Light at Mangalore.[16][17][18]

Headscarf issue on Sullia College

Campus Front held a dharna at Sullia college as the teacher insisted five women students to remove their headscarf during a photo session at the college stating that they would look better[19]The protesters ended their dharna only when the lecturer told that she would never ask students to remove their headscarf[20]

Against the atrocities on Rohingya people

Campus Front of India on behalf of its Save Rohingya campaign, organized a March to the Myanmar embassy protesting against Myanmar government’s atrocities against Rohingya people. Delhi Police prevented the protesters from entering the Myanmar embassy at Teen Murti Marg, so the protest was held at Teen Murti Marg.[21]

Campaigns

Green Campus campaign

Green Campus / Healthy Campus Campaign

Campus Front students with Saalumarada Thimmakka on World Environment Day, 2015(Launch date of Healthy Campus campaign)

During the month of June every year, Campus Front of India, Karnataka used to conduct Green Campus campaign by planting trees and cleaning the school campuses throughout the state. In 2015, it got launched on June 5(World Environment Day) with a new name, Healthy Campus thus widening its reach. Along with plantations and cleanliness, it raised anti-drug and anti-tobacco awareness in the schools.[22][23]

Membership Campaign

Every state has its membership campaign once a year. The students either become the member by either buying a coupon at nominal price or via online.

Award

CFI announced an award named Ekalavya Award for Students with exceptional performance in Higher Secondary, poor backgrounds and hailing from marginalized communities.[24]

Allegation

On 6 July 2012, N. Sachin Gopal, a student of Modern ITC, Kannur and the district leader Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, was allegedly stabbed by members of the Campus Front and Popular Front of India. Gopal later died of his injuries at KMC Hospital in Mangalore on 6 September 2012[25] A Special Investigation Team (SIT) was formed to investigate the case.[26][27][28]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Campus Front of India to be launched on Nov. 7". ummid.com. 2009-11-06. Retrieved 2015-06-26.
  2. ↑ "Campus Front of India to be launched on Nov. 7". Siasat. Retrieved 2015-06-26.
  3. ↑ Special Correspondent (2011-04-17). "Campus Front warns of protest". The Hindu. Retrieved 2015-06-26.
  4. ↑ "Playing games in protest". The Hindu. 2014-06-18. Retrieved 2015-06-26.
  5. ↑ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/news/Campus-Front-of-India-takes-anti-FYUP-campaign-to-20-universities-across-India/articleshow/20680946.cms
  6. ↑ http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/2013/6/21/104-Campus-Front-organizes-national-wide-Signature-Campaign-against-FYUP.html
  7. ↑ http://www.deccanherald.com/content/365205/hand-over-saujanya-case-cbi.html
  8. ↑ http://coastaldigest.com/index.php/news/58617-activists-held-while-attempting-to-gherao-dc-office-over-soujanya-case
  9. ↑ "Muslim students fight against dress code - The Siasat Daily". The Siasat Daily. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
  10. ↑ "Outrage over dalit scholar Rohith Vemula suicide". The Times of India. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
  11. ↑ "Udupi: Members of SIO, CFI protest suicide of Rohit Vemula case". Daijiworld. 2016-01-20.
  12. ↑ "Gulbarga protest suicide of Rohit Vemula case".
  13. ↑ http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=310852
  14. ↑ http://www.udayavani.com/english/news/mangaluru/54010/cfi-demands-closure-mangalore-one-school-june-1
  15. ↑ http://coastaldigest.com/index.php/news/74460-cfi-protests-against-mangalore-one-school-demands-closure-by-june-1
  16. ↑ http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=305789
  17. ↑ http://www.coastaldigest.com/index.php/news/73841-mangaluru-holds-candle-light-vigil-seeking-justice-for-baby-nirbhaya
  18. ↑ http://www.newskarnataka.com/mangalore/thousands-march-protesting-against-rape-of-lkg-student
  19. ↑ "row over headscarf in Sullia college". THE HINDU. 2016-04-02. Retrieved 2016-05-04.
  20. ↑ "Row over headscarf in Sullia college". The Hindu. 2016-04-02. Retrieved 2016-05-04.
  21. ↑ http://radianceweekly.in/portal/issue/maggi-in-a-soup/article/students-protest-against-myanmar-atrocities-on-rohingya-muslims/
  22. ↑ http://www.newskannada.in/breaking-latest/kalladka-campus-front-health-program/
  23. ↑ http://www.newskannada.in/featured-story/stop-selling-tobacco-at-near-college-campus/
  24. ↑ "CFI announced Award for students". 2013-03-27. Retrieved 2016-05-08.
  25. ↑ "Stabbed Kannur ABVP Leader Succumbs to Injury". Daijiworld.com. Retrieved 2014-04-17.
  26. ↑ Special Correspondent (2012-09-06). "ABVP activist who was stabbed dies". Chennai, India: Thehindu.com. Retrieved 2014-04-17.
  27. ↑ "One more arrested in Sachin murder case - The Times of India". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 2012-09-20. Retrieved 2015-06-26.
  28. ↑ "Breakthrough in Sachin murder probe". The New Indian Express. 2012-10-01. Retrieved 2015-06-26.
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