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DUTA Polls: Govt Doesn’t Want Poor Children to go to College!

Interview with Nandita Narain, Aditya Narayan Mishra | 19 Aug 2023

Interviewed by Ravi Kaushal
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Delhi University Teachers Association elections are scheduled to be held on Sept 27. India's largest central university has been embroiled in controversies for some time now with allegations of irregularities in the appointments of teachers.

Delhi University Teachers Association (DUTA) elections are scheduled to be held on Sept 27. India's largest central university has been embroiled in controversies for some time now with allegations of irregularities in the appointments of teachers. In this background, a grand alliance of teachers' organisations has been formed, in which DTF played a key role. Why is this year’s election important? Newsclick spoke to Grand Alliance candidate Aditya Narayan Mishra and DTF’s Nandita Narain.

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