Fraternity Movement

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Fraternity Movement
FormationApril 30, 2017; 7 years ago (2017-04-30)
HeadquartersNew Delhi
FieldsStudent and Youth
National Secretary
Afreen Fatima
President
Mohammed Asim Khan
Websitefraternityindia.org

The Fraternity Movement is a student-youth party in India working for strengthening democracy, social justice and fraternity. It is a growing student organization in many regions of India especially in West Bengal, Kerala and Delhi. It serves as the students wing of the Welfare Party of India. The slogan of the movement is "Democracy, Social Justice and Fraternity".[1][2]

In 2017, Fraternity made its foray into politics by winning a seat in the college students council of the Maharaja's College in Ernakulam.[3] Fraternity Movement candidate Afreen Fatima won the student union elections of Jawaharlal Nehru University as a councillor in 2019.[4][5]

During the Anti-Citizenship protests that sparked India in December 2019, Fraternity Movement blocked the Calicut international airport.[6] Several members of Fraternity Movement, were jailed for their involvement in the protests.[7]

History

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Fraternity Movement was launched on 30 April 2017 at a student-youth convention held at Ambedkar Bhawan, New Delhi. Aligarh Muslim University Student Leader Ansar Aboobaker was elected as the first president.[8] Since its formation, the organisation has grown in many states including Kerala,[9] West Bengal,[10] Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka. Following the court verdict of Babri Masjid - Ram Janmbhoomi dispute, Fraternity Movement criticised the judgement stating Supreme Court has failed to uphold justice.[11]

Prominent leaders

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Afreen Fatima

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Main article: Afreen Fatima

Afreen Fatima is a student leader and National Secretary of Fraternity Movement. She is a prominent Muslim voice against the anti-Muslim policies of the Indian government. She studied MA in linguistics at JNU, where she also served as the elected councillor in JNU students' union 2019-20 from the school of Language, Literature and Cultural Studies. As a candidate from Fraternity Movement - BAPSA alliance,[12] she strengthened the call of "unity of the oppressed" and raised the issues of representation, discrimination and identity assertion.[13] Formerly, she has been the elected president of Women's College Students' Union at the Aligarh Muslim University for the session 2018-19.[14] She is known to have actively participated in the anti-CAA protests that started in 2019.[15] She faced several days long media trial after a small part of her speech was tweeted by BJP's national spokesman Sambit Patra.[16]

Aysha Renna

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Aysha Renna is a Muslim Student Activist and National Secretary of Fraternity Movement. A Post Graduate in History from Jamia Millia Islamia, she is one of the leading voices of the Citizenship Amendment Act Protests.[17] She along with Ladeeda Farzana were called 'Sheroes of Jamia' by Barkha Dutt in an interview.[18] Her video of confronting baton wielding police officers to save her friend during a protest went viral.[19] She has travelled to all major Indian cities to address the Shaheen Bagh protest sites against Citizenship Amendment Act passed by the Indian government in 2019.[20] In January 2021, she was invited to speak at the Elgar Parishad along with Arundhati Roy, Kannan Gopinathan and Sharjeel Usmani.[21]

Campus units

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References

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  1. ^ "A campus politics 'dark horse' creates buzz | Kochi News - Times of India". The Times of India. tnn. Aug 26, 2017. Retrieved 2021-07-24.
  2. ^ Journo, Campus (2017-05-02). "Fraternity Movement : The New Designation For Students And Youth". The Companion. Retrieved 2021-07-24.
  3. ^ "A campus politics 'dark horse' creates buzz | Kochi News - Times of India". The Times of India. tnn. Aug 26, 2017. Retrieved 2021-07-24.
  4. ^ "Why JNU's Afreen Fatima can't be cowed down by Left or Right". OnManorama.
  5. ^ "Our Alliance In JNUSU Polls Is 'Conscious Unity Of The Oppressed': BAPSA-Fraternity". NDTV.com.
  6. ^ "Calicut Airport Blocked by Fraternity Movement". The Times Of India.
  7. ^ Usmani, Sharjeel. "Sharjeel Usmani arrested by UP ATS". countercurrents.org.
  8. ^ "A campus politics 'dark horse' creates buzz | Kochi News - Times of India". The Times of India.
  9. ^ "Kerala: Blocked Train In Protest Against Delhi Violence, 39 Fraternity Activists Sent to Jail". IndiaTomorrow.net.
  10. ^ "Fraternity Movement West Bengal condemns police-brutality on the protesting students in JMI and AMU | TDN World". December 17, 2019.
  11. ^ ansar. "Babri: Supreme Court fails to Uphold Justice: Fraternity Movement | Fraternity Movement". Retrieved 2021-06-07.
  12. ^ Ghosh, Shaunak. "Tectonic Shift: BAPSA-Fraternity Alliance in the JNU elections". Newslaundry. Retrieved 2021-06-07.
  13. ^ "Why JNU's Afreen Fatima can't be cowed down by Left or Right". OnManorama. Retrieved 2021-06-07.
  14. ^ "AMUSU Election 2018: Women's College Students' Union results declared, Afreen Fatima elected president". Newsd.in. Retrieved 2021-06-07.
  15. ^ "CAA stir: Student leaders from Delhi, Uttar Pradesh to be part of 'Inquilab Morcha'". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2021-06-07.
  16. ^ "कौन हैं आफ़रीन फातिमा, जिनके वायरल वीडियो को संबित पात्रा ने 'ज़हर की खेती' कहा है?". LallanTop - News with most viral and Social Sharing Indian content on the web in Hindi (in Hindi). Retrieved 2021-06-07.
  17. ^ Bhatia, Akanksha (2019-12-16). "Meet Ayesha Renna & Ladeeda Farzana, The Women Who Became The Brave Faces Of The Jamia Protests". www.scoopwhoop.com. Retrieved 2021-06-07.
  18. ^ Barkha Dutt meets Jamia's 'Viral' Women who've become the face of protests against Citizenship Law, retrieved 2021-06-07
  19. ^ Kuchay, Bilal. "Meet India's Jamia women who took on Delhi police in viral video". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2021-06-07.
  20. ^ Lalwani, Vijayta. "A year later, where are the Jamia women in the viral video protecting their friend from police?". Scroll.in. Retrieved 2021-06-07.
  21. ^ "Elgaar Parishad's January 30 event: Arundhati Roy, ex-IAS officer Kannan Gopinathan among main speakers". The Indian Express. 2021-01-19. Retrieved 2021-06-07.
  22. ^ Padmavathi, Balakrishnan (September 2, 2019). "Opinion | If JNU Believes In Representation & Social Justice, JNU Should Vote For Waseem Rs".
  23. ^ Nagpal, Priya. "DU ADMISSION 2020: FRATERNITY MOVEMENT DEMANDS TO LAYOFF THE UNJUST FEE FOR OBC".
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