New Delhi, May 2 -- A delegation of elected student leaders from universities across the country, led by National Students' Union of India (NSUI) National President Varun Choudhary, met Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi today, demanding his intervention and support for the immediate restoration of student union elections in all colleges and universities.

A memorandum was handed over to Gandhi, which accused the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) of "systematically dismantling" student unions to "silence" progressive voices.

"Since the implementation of Other Backward Classes (OBC) reservations in 2006, there has been a rise in participation from OBC, Dalit, Adivasi, minority, and wome...