K. Gopika Babu is contesting for the Vice-President post in the JNUSU Elections 2025 from the Left Unity panel. Know more about her background, education, and journey in student politics. (Image Credit: Instagram/K.Gopika Babu)
JNUSU Election 2025: The much-anticipated Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union Elections 2025 are a critical moment in campus politics at Jawaharlal Nehru University. After several delays over the years, the polls were held across undergraduate and postgraduate streams, with students casting votes for four key positions: President, Vice-President, General Secretary, and Joint Secretary.
One of the prominent faces of student activism, she joined the MA Sociology course at JNU in 2022. By 2024, she had completed her master’s and started her PhD at the Centre for Study of Law & Governance, CSLG.
K. Gopika Babu is contesting for the post of Vice-President from the Left Unity panel in the JNU Students' Union Elections 2025. A prominent voice in campus politics, Gopika is associated with both the All India Students' Association and the Students' Federation of India.
Gopika is also a Secretariat Member of the Students’ Federation of India, JNU Unit, and was an active part of progressive student movements right from her undergraduate days at Miranda House, Delhi University.
The Left Unity central panel that is contesting the JNUSU Elections 2025 is:
Backed by the three major left student organisations AISA, SFI and DSF this panel highlights issues such as student rights, hostel reform and the reopening of closed hostels, terming the elections a battle for the future of campus politics.
For over a decade, AISA-led Left alliance has maintained an iron grip on the student politics of JNU. The campus, often dubbed as “painted red,” has witnessed AISA and its Left partners SFI, DSF, and AISF dominating the polls almost continuously since 2011.
In the last JNUSU election, Nitish Kumar (AISA) was elected President; Manisha, from DSF, won the post of Vice-President while Munteha Fatima, also from DSF, secured the General Secretary post. The ABVP managed to break its long dry spell with Vaibhav Meena winning the Joint Secretary seat, its first central panel win in ten years, possibly to bring it into resurgence as a right-wing student organisation.
A look at the past decade underlines AISA's consistency:
The enormity of the Left victories points to the deep-seated ideological penchant of JNU. Indeed, with organisational strength, coalition unity, and grassroots outreach, AISA has established itself as the dominant force in campus politics for over a decade.
Therefore, the coming 2025 elections will determine whether this red wave continues or if the ABVP's new push can finally test the Left stronghold.
