But why do we speak of him today?

Perhaps it is simply because the story of one indefatigable student leader in 2016 reminds us of another, long before him.

19 years to be precise.

Who was Chandrashekhar Prasad?

Arguably the most popular JNUSU President that there ever has been, Prasad came to Delhi in 1990 to enrol himself for an MPhil. He’d previously studied at Patna University, where he was an active member of AISF, the student wing of the CPI. He gradually became disillusioned with its ideology, which is probably why he almost single-handedly helped build the AISA (All India Students’ Association), the student wing of the CPI(ML), when he came to JNU.