The Jawaharlal Nehru University has just witnessed a red sweep with Left Unity, an alliance of the All India Students Association (AISA), Students Federation of India (SFI) and Democratic Students Federation (DSF), bagging all four central posts of president, vice president, general secretary, and joint secretary in the students’ union elections. Left Unity also bagged a majority of the councillors’ posts. The Left reclaimed its position in JNU, brushing aside the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, which had won one seat in the last election. The Left’s convincing victory can be attributed to the fact that it fought on a united platform, unlike in the previous election. The victory of the Left is also........

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