BJP Yuva Morcha state executive committee meeting on Friday

July 26, 2011

Mangalore, July 26: The Karnataka State BJP Yuva Morcha executive committee meeting will be held at Sanghaniketan, the city based headquarters of RSS, on Friday July 29.

Announcing this at a press meet here on Tuesday, Kishor Kumar Puttur, D K district President of BJP Yuva Morcha said the state executive committee meeting is being held in the city for the first time in last 25 years.

He informed that around 200 office bearers of Morcah from across the state including presidents, vice-presidents and secretaries of the district units would be taking part in the meeting, which would commence at 10:00 a.m.

He said that leaders and activists of Morcha would discuss various issues including terrorism, national internal security, black money, corruption, and 'anti-Hindu policy' of the union government in the meeting.

State President of Morcha and former Karkala MLA V Sunil Kumar would inaugurate the meeting. The programme would concluded in the evening with 'Yuva Sangharsh Aandolan', in which more than three thousand activists of Morcha from eight 'mandalas' of the DK district are expected to take part, Mr Puttur said.

He also informed that more than 200 Morcha activists from different parts of the state would be participating in the Yuva Sangharsh Aandolan, which would held in in Ram Lila Maidan in Delhi on August 9.

State Vice President of Morcha Dr Y Bharat Shetty and District General Secretary Rajesh Shetty were also present in the press meet.

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Campus politics: DKS pushes to restore student elections in Karnataka banned since 1989

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November 26,2025

Bengaluru, Nov 26: Karnataka is taking its first concrete steps towards lifting a three-decade-old ban on student elections in colleges and universities. Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar announced Wednesday that the state government will form a small committee to study the reintroduction of campus polls, a practice halted in 1989 following incidents of violence.

Speaking at a 'Constitution Day' event organised by the Karnataka Congress, Mr. Shivakumar underscored the move's aim: nurturing new political leadership from the grassroots.

"Recently, (Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha) Rahul Gandhi wrote a letter to me and Chief Minister (Siddaramaiah) asking us to think about restarting student elections," Shivakumar stated. "I'm announcing today that we'll form a small committee and seek a report on this."

Student elections were banned in Karnataka in 1989, largely due to concerns over violence and the infiltration of political party affiliates into campus life. The ban effectively extinguished vibrant student bodies and the pipeline of young leaders they often produced.

Mr. Shivakumar, who also serves as the Karnataka Congress president, said that former student leaders will be consulted to "study the pros and cons" of the re-introduction.

Acknowledging the history of the ban, he added, "There were many criminal activities taking place back then. We’ll see how we can conduct (student) elections by regulating such criminal activities."

The Deputy CM reminisced about his own journey, which began on campus. He recalled his political activism at Sri Jagadguru Renukacharya College leading to his first Assembly ticket in 1985 at the age of 23. "That's how student leadership was at the time. Such leadership has gone today. College elections have stopped," he lamented, adding that for many, college elections were "like a big movement" where leaders were forged.

The move, driven by the Congress high command's push to cultivate young talent, will face scrutiny from academics and university authorities who have, in the past, expressed concern that the return of polls could disrupt the peaceful academic environment and turn campuses into political battlegrounds.

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