KATHMANDU, Jan 29: Nepal Student Union President Nain Singh Mahar has said that his organization will not run away for the upcoming Free Student Union elections. He also urged the government to create favorable environment for conduction elections.

The Tribhuvan University (TU) has preparing to conduct the FSU elections in all its affiliated colleges across the country in February-March.

Mahar clarified that they have already written to the university to conduct the elections on February 26.

“We wrote the TU about a month ago. We are still fixated on this decision,” said Mahar at an interaction program organized by Reporters’ Club Nepal on Tuesday.

He also claimed that the NSU will win the FSU elections. “NSU is a democratic union. There is no force that can defeat NSU. Hence, we won’t run away from the elections,” he said.

“We have already hold discussions with Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli. I have told him that baton charging and injuring students, and arresting them won’t help in holding elections.”

“As a Chancellor of the TU, it is his responsibility to conduct elections. It is his responsibility to assure peaceful and secure environment for the elections.”

He also accused the incumbent government is carrying out activities oriented toward foiling student elections.

“The government is intending to impose authoritarianism in the country by collapsing the elected organizations. It is planning to start this through FSU elections,” he further blamed.

Also speaking on the occasion, All Nepal Free Student Union (Revolutionary) Chairman Ranjeet Tamang highlighted the need to hold FSU elections in time and assured that the university is preparing to hold election on the proposed date (February 26).

“The university will soon summon all the students’ unions,” he said.

He further assured that the government will release the arrested cadres of NSU and create peaceful environment for holding elections.

KATHMANDU, July 27: Nepal Students’ Union (NSU) on Friday staged a sit-in protest at Baluwatar against the rise in commodity prices.

NSU technical students’ council held a protest program for an hour this morning over the hike in prices of consumer goods. NSU leader Deepak Bhattarai urged the government to take steps to curb prices for the relief of people. “High prices have hit the people hard, and it must be curbed.”

Council chair Sijan Dahal students are one of the most affected groups by high prices of commodity.

NSU is the political student wing close to the Nepali Congress.

KATHMANDU, June 8: Nepal Students Union (NSU), the student wing of main opposition Nepali Congress, Friday staged a demonstration to protest against the price hike in petroleum products in central capital Kathmandu.

The agitators demonstrated before government colleges including Pashupati, Tri Chandra, Ratna Rajya, Amrit Science Campus (Ascol), Saraswati and Nepal Commerce Campus, Min Bhawan demanding withdrawal of the price increment.

Addressing a protest, NSU Vice President Ram Prasad Adhikari said they resorted to the agitation against the continuous price swelling of petroleum products.

“Repeated price hike in petroleum products has caused the market price soaring, thus crippling daily life of people. We demand rolling back of the price increment,” he said.

Likewise, as part of the protest, the NSU is scheduled on June 9 to take out a torch rally in all districts, on June 10 to bar vehicles belonging to government offices and corporations, from passing through all government colleges and on June 12 to burn an effigy of the Prime Minister across the country.

KATHMANDU, Jan 12: Nepal Student Union (NSU) staged a sit-in for an hour in front of Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) office demanding dust-free Kathmandu.

The Student Union has drawn the attention of the government and the KMC toward the alarming level of pollution in Kathmandu and urged concerned authorities to take initiation to control the pollution in the valley.

NSU leader Deepak Bhattarai said that the sit-in was organized to caution the KMC for its idleness in making clean Kathmandu.

On the occasion, NSU handed over dust collected from various parts of the valley and mask to the deputy mayor Hari Prabha Khadgi as the symbol of their protest.

Receiving the dust and Mask, deputy Mayor Khadgi said that the KMC had been holding discussions with stakeholders and concerned bodies to control the dust that was resulted due to the road diggings works in Kathmandu streets which is part of Melamchi Drinking Water Project.

NSU Vice president Nabin Rai said that they would continue protest until the dust and pollution is controlled completely.

Photos: Mukunda Kalikote

Gundanidhi Neupane, Rector at the TU, said that the FSU election scheduled for June 6 would not have postponed if there were chances of election by mid-June.

He also said that the election date was postponed based on suggestions of the student leaders after the election environment foiled due to dispute among the students unions.

Leader of Nepal Student’s Union Lekhnath Pokhrel claimed that other students unions were to blame for FSU polls postponement.

Similarly, chairperson of CPN-Maoist affiliated student union Sharad Rasaili said there were no chances of FSU election before mid-November.

Earlier, a meeting of the leaders of the student unions had decided to stage protests nationwide against Karki’s recommendation.

Treasurer of All Nepal National Independent Student Union-Revolutionary Khageshwor KC said that the student unions are scheduled to submit a memorandum to the President this afternoon.

Similarly, the students would organize a torch rally on Wednesday.

KC said they have organized a general shut down in the valley on Thursday.