The newly elected representatives of the JNU students’ union, which the Left has swept for the third straight time since the sedition controversy broke, have been warned their election “will be nullified” if they don’t “submit original bills bearing GST number” of their poll expenses. The problem is that none of the bills—of photocopiers on the campus who print political pamphlets, or canteens where the activists snacked during the campaign —have GST numbers. Businesses with annual turnovers less than Rs 20 lakh are exempt from paying GST. If the election, whose results were declared on September 16, is nullified, JNU may not have a students’ union for the rest of this academic year. Further, we are shocked at the DoS’ threat to nullify the candidates elected to JNUSU!

Source: The Telegraph October 15, 2018 20:03 UTC