User:Satyam.chatterjee


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Saurabh Sharma is the current Joint Secretary of the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union.[1] He is also a student leader of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the student wing of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh(RSS).

In September 2015, he won the JNU Student Union's election for the post of Joint Secretary. Registering a historic win over nearest AISA candidate, he became the first ABVP leader in 14 years to mark a victory inside the Left bastion JNU.[2] He rose to popularity for his strong opposition to a students' rally raising anti-national slogans inside JNU campus on 9th February 2016.[3]Under his leadership, ABVP took out a JNUFor Nationalism march strongly condemning the anti-India remarks made by Kanhaiya Kumar and brigade.[4]He also appeared on India Today conclave 2016 as a guest speaker.[5]

A disciplinary committee was constituted by JNU's Vice-Chancellor to investigate the 9th February event. It holded Kanhaiya Kumar,Anirban Bhattacharya and Umar Khalid guilty for circumventing the 'permission process' for the event. But in a shocking turn of events, the committee imposed a fine of Rs.10,000 on Saurabh Sharma too for 'blocking the procession'.[6] He went on an indefinite hunger strike against the fine imposed. His health worsened and was admitted to the Safdarjung Hospital, Delhi.[7]Vivek Agnihotri, director of the movie Buddha in a Traffic Jam, offered to pay his fine.[8]