Seven days, seven videos: ABVP gears up for JNUSU elections, teaches nationalism through videos

Joining ABVP you get a nationalistist approach, a rashtra-bhakti…,” Singh tells viewers, exhorting them to join ABVP.

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The video is the first in a line of seven videos that will be released by the Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad to raise questions on ‘national interest and nationalism’ and asking students to join the organisation. Titled Saat Sawaal, the videos, the first of which was released on Monday, will see seven ABVP students from JNU, talk about reasons to join the organisation, nationalism, issues of national interest and the northeast.

“We did a lot of brainstorming. The idea was to connect with the youth of the country in a meaningful manner and we figured this medium would be ideal. ABVP knows that in the present scenario, the youth of the country matters. The role of student organisations is not just limited to politics anymore. It is also about talking about issues of national importance, like nationalism, and through these videos, we want to do just that,” says Saket Bahuguna, National Media Convenor, ABVP.

ABVP students from JNU launches video on nationalism 

The videos also assume importance in light of the coming JNUSU elections, which as per ABVP office bearers holds a lot of ‘ideological importance’. The organisation scripted a historic comeback in the JNUSU panel by securing a position in the union after 14 years, last year.

“This election is very important to ABVP,” Bahuguna told The Indian Express. “ It is happening after the February 9 incident, and will tell everyone what students in JNU think about what happened. The election is not just a campus issue, but a national issue in that sense. And for us at ABVP, an important ideological one too,” Bahuguna added.

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