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National Students' Union of India
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Formation 9 April 1971; 53 years ago (1971-04-09)
Type Student wing
Legal status Active
Headquarters 5, Raisina Road, New Delhi
Membership
5.5 million
Chairperson
Mallikarjun Kharge
President
Varun Choudhary
AICC Incharge
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.

List of Presidents

S.no President Period Home State
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
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)
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

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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
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