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Students Federation of India
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Students Federation of India (SFI) is one of the major student organisations of India. SFI is politically linked to the Communist Party of India (Marxist). SFI was founded in 1970. As of 2005, it claimed a membership strength of nearly 3.5 million school and university students.[1]
The All India Secretary of this organization is K.K. Ragesh, and the President is R. Arunkumar.
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Though SFI is active throughout India, it is prominent in student politics in the states of [West Bengal,Kerala,Tripura and Andhra Pradesh]. It has a strong base in the Universities of West bengal . It has a few other strongholds which include Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla and Hyderabad Central University.
In Tripura there is a special suborganisation for tribal students, Tribal Students Union.
The official organ Student Struggle is published monthly in English. It is currently edited by Ritabrata Banerjee. Apart from this many of the state committees of SFI publish magazines in the corresponding regional language. Chhatra Sangram is the Bengali organ published by the West Bengal State Committee.Student is the Kerala organ published by the Kerala State Committee. Resistance is the E-Journal of SFI Kerala Unit. Student Struggle is published in Telugu by the Andhra Pradesh State Committee of SFI.
The CPI-M’s student wing - the Students’ Federation of India - is said to have over a million members, concentrated in the colleges and universities. The SFI wins numerous students’ union elections unopposed every year, replicating the CPI-M’s victory at the panchayat poll in 2003. In 2003, Garhbeta College (West Midnapore), among many others, “required” no election as the opponents of the SFI “had failed” to put up any candidate for the 33 seats.
The SFI’s clash with the rival Students’ Forum at the election at the Law College attached to the North Bengal University in October 2001 demonstrates how it "ensures" uncontested victories. Shortly before the election, the SFI was implicated in the bombing SF centers in NBU, seriously injuring two members of the Forum. They were taken to the local hospital. Four SFI workers, bombs in hand, were arrested on the hospital compound. The SFI leaders flocked the court when the accused were brought there. Concerned over the fact that those who should train as keepers of the law were allegedly getting practice in breaking it, the SDJM refused bail.[2]
On August 2002, one of SFI's students, Shampa Dasgupta, was arrested. Police suspected her to be in touch with the far-left People’s War group.The Anandabazar Patrika reported that “A grievance cell, recently set up by local authorities, is flooded with complaints of atrocities and even extortion by the SFI”.[2]
- Students Federation of India, Kerala
- Students Federation of India, Kerala E-Journal
- Students Federation of India, Maharashtra
- Students Federation of India, Jawaharlal Nehru University
- ^ "Unite & Fight For Social Justice, Self-Reliance & Rights", People's Democracy, 2005-12-04. Retrieved on 2006-07-30.
- ^ a b "SFI student arrested" AB Patrika, August 10, 2002