All Nepal National Free Students Union

The All Nepal National Free Students Union ( _ne. अखिल नेपाल राष्ट्रिय स्वतन्त्र विद्यार्थी युनियन, abbreviation अनेरास्ववियु) is a student based organisation in Nepal. The ANNFSU was founded in 1965. The original ANNFSU was later divided along ideological lines, and there are several organisations that emerged out of it. The main ANNFSU grouping today is politically tied to the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist). As well as declaring itself "a legitimate and independent students' organisation of all progressive, democratic and patriotic students of Nepal", the mainstream ANNFSU is currently a member of the World Federation of Democratic Youth.

History

The organisation was founded in 1965, and was associated with the pro-China trend of the Nepalese communist movement. ANNFSU did however remain as a united organisation, in spite of various splits amongst the radical communists. The ANNFSU gained prominence as an activist movement in a period when large sections of the established communist movement remained in jail.

In 1979 ANNFSU was split. One section would be known as ANNFSU (Fifth) (which was tied to the Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist-Leninist)) and the other grouping became known as ANNFSU (Sixth) (which was connected to the Communist Party of Nepal (Fourth Convention). The former group is the current mainstream ANNFSU connected to CPN(UML).

In 1992 the students wing of the Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist), the Nepal Progressive Students Union, merged with ANNFSU. [http://www.hri.ca/partners/insec/Yb1996/Annex_5a.shtml]

Leadership

The current Secretariat of the Central Committee was elected at the 17th ANNFSU conference.

* Thakur Pd. Gaire - PresidentPresident Thakur Gaire Vice President Ram Kumari Jhakri General Secretary Gokul Gharti Secretary Madhav Dhungel Treasurer Upendra Poudel Head of Organization Department Kishor Malla Head of Foreign Department Shobhiyat Dhakal Head of Propaganda Department Ratna Khatri Head of Creative activities Department Dinesh Yadav Head of Women Department Nabina Lama

Head of Training Department Purushottam Acharya Head of Monitoring and Planning Department Ghanashyam Kandel Head of Educational Department Rupesh Khatiwada Head of Ethnicity, Language and Culture Department Nar Bahadur Dhami

Head of Contact Department Rachana Khadka Head of the Development Region (Member of Central Committee) Name Region Ashok Yadav Eastern Sudhir Shah Central Shivaji Gurung Western Tekendra Basnet Mid-Western

raptiBijay biraj bista Yegya Raj Dhungana Far-Western Tek Raj Pachhain Chief of Bagmati Bureau

email:[e-mail]@wlink.com.np

ANNFSU Song

The ideology of the ANNFSU can be seen strongly in their official song.

Red as the morning sun Red as the alpine rhododendron This is the banner of ANNFSU Coloured red with the martyrs' blood. Born in struggle, it grew through movements It always fought for the country and the people Smearing the soil with blood for justice It blazes the trail for liberation. It appeals all the students- Progressive, patriotic and democratic- To make united effort to raise the dignity of the country. The US superpower wants to rule the world The people of the world want revolution instead The US superpower intensifies war But the peoples' voice quakes the world. We pledge to build this country With our sweat and blood And drive away feudalism and expansionism We shall not allow anyone to touch this country No matter how many lives have to be sacrificed. Indian expansionists intend to swallow Nepal Let us rally together to upset their plan And pledge to build this country Even at the cost of death

ee also

* Nepal Revolutionary Students' Union "(the student wing of the Nepal Workers' and Peasants' Party)"
* All Nepal National Free Students Union (Unified) "(the student wing of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unity Centre-Masal))"
* Nepal Progressive Student Federation "(the student wing of the Communist Party of Nepal (United Marxist))"
* All Nepal National Free Students Union (Revolutionary) "(the student wing of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)"

External links

* [http://www.annfsu.org.np/ Official site]