{{short description|Student-youth party in India}} {{Infobox organization | name = Fraternity Movement | logo_caption = | image = Fraternity-flag.png | image_alt = Fraternity movement flag. | formation = {{start date and age|2017|04|30}} | headquarters = New Delhi | fields = Student and Youth | leader_title = General Secretary | leader_name = Afreen Fatima | leader_title2 = President | leader_name2 = Ramees Ek | parent_organization = | website = {{URL|https://fraternityindia.org}} }} The '''Fraternity Movement''' is the student wing of Welfare Party of India. The slogan of the movement is "Democracy, Social Justice and Fraternity".<ref>{{Cite web|agency=tnn|date=Aug 26, 2017|title=A campus politics 'dark horse' creates buzz {{!}} Kochi News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/a-campus-politics-dark-horse-creates-buzz/articleshow/60238595.cms|access-date=2021-07-24|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Journo|first=Campus|date=2017-05-02|title=Fraternity Movement : The New Designation For Students And Youth|url=https://thecompanion.in/fraternity-movement-the-new-designation-students-youth/|access-date=2021-07-24|website=The Companion|language=en-US}}</ref>
== History == In 2017, Fraternity made its foray into politics by winning a seat in the college students council of the Maharaja's College in Ernakulam.<ref>{{Cite web|agency=tnn|date=Aug 26, 2017|title=A campus politics 'dark horse' creates buzz {{!}} Kochi News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/a-campus-politics-dark-horse-creates-buzz/articleshow/60238595.cms|access-date=2021-07-24|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref> Fraternity Movement candidate Afreen Fatima won the student union elections of Jawaharlal Nehru University as a councillor in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.onmanorama.com/news/campus-reporter/2019/09/14/jnu-campus-council-election-afreen-fathima-delhi.html|title=Why JNU's Afreen Fatima can't be cowed down by Left or Right|website=OnManorama}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/education/jnusu-polls-2019-bapsa-fraternity-alliance-is-politically-conscious-unity-of-the-oppressed-in-india-2094473|title=Our Alliance In JNUSU Polls Is 'Conscious Unity Of The Oppressed': BAPSA-Fraternity|website=NDTV.com}}</ref>
During the Citizenship Amendment Act protests, Fraternity Movement blocked the airport road in Karipur in protest. This affected hundreds of passengers who commuted to and from the Kozhikode International Airport.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Calicut Airport Blocked by Fraternity Movement |work=The Times Of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kozhikode/collector-steps-in-to-ensure-peace-in-malappuram/articleshow/73499466.cms }}</ref>
Fraternity Movement was launched on 30 April 2017 at a student-youth convention held at Ambedkar Bhawan, New Delhi. Aligarh Muslim University Student Leader Ansar Aboobaker was elected as the first president.<ref name="ansar">{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/a-campus-politics-dark-horse-creates-buzz/articleshow/60238595.cms|title=A campus politics 'dark horse' creates buzz | Kochi News - Times of India|website=The Times of India|date=26 August 2017 }}</ref> Since its formation, the organisation has grown in many states including Kerala,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatomorrow.net/eng/kerala-blocked-train-in-protest-against-delhi-violence-39-fraternity-activists-sent-to-jail|title=Kerala: Blocked Train In Protest Against Delhi Violence, 39 Fraternity Activists Sent to Jail|website=IndiaTomorrow.net|date=27 February 2020 }}</ref> West Bengal,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tdnworld.com/news/india/fraternity-movement-west-bengal-condemns-police-brutality-on-the-protesting-students-in-jmi-and-amu/|title=Fraternity Movement West Bengal condemns police-brutality on the protesting students in JMI and AMU | TDN World|date=December 17, 2019}}</ref> Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka. Following the court verdict of Babri Masjid - Ram Janmbhoomi dispute, Fraternity Movement criticised the judgement stating Supreme Court has failed to uphold justice.<ref>{{Cite web|last=ansar|title=Babri: Supreme Court fails to Uphold Justice: Fraternity Movement {{!}} Fraternity Movement|url=https://fraternityindia.org/babri-supreme-court-fails-to-uphold-justice-fraternity-movement/|access-date=2021-06-07|language=en-US}}</ref>
== Prominent leaders ==
=== Afreen Fatima === {{main|Afreen Fatima}} Afreen Fatima is a student leader and National Secretary of Fraternity Movement. She is a prominent Muslim voice against the anti-Muslim policies of the Indian government. She studied MA in linguistics at JNU, where she also served as the elected councillor in JNU students' union 2019-20 from the school of Language, Literature and Cultural Studies. As a candidate from Fraternity Movement - BAPSA alliance,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ghosh|first=Shaunak|title=Tectonic Shift: BAPSA-Fraternity Alliance in the JNU elections|url=https://www.newslaundry.com/2019/09/13/tectonic-shift-bapsa-fraternity-alliance-in-the-jnu-elections|access-date=2021-06-07|website=Newslaundry|date=13 September 2019 }}</ref> she strengthened the call of "unity of the oppressed" and raised the issues of representation, discrimination and identity assertion.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Why JNU's Afreen Fatima can't be cowed down by Left or Right|url=https://www.onmanorama.com/career-and-campus/top-news/2019/09/14/jnu-campus-council-election-afreen-fathima-delhi.html|access-date=2021-06-07|website=OnManorama}}</ref> Formerly, she has been the elected president of Women's College Students' Union at the Aligarh Muslim University for the session 2018-19.<ref>{{Cite web|title=AMUSU Election 2018: Women's College Students' Union results declared, Afreen Fatima elected president|url=https://newsd.in/amusu-election-2018-womens-college-students-union-results-declared/|access-date=2021-06-07|website=Newsd.in|date=4 November 2018 |language=en}}</ref> She is known to have actively participated in the anti-CAA protests that started in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|title=CAA stir: Student leaders from Delhi, Uttar Pradesh to be part of 'Inquilab Morcha'|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2019/dec/27/caa-stir-student-leaders-from-delhi-uttar-pradesh-to-be-part-of-inquilab-morcha-2081604.html|access-date=2021-06-07|website=The New Indian Express|date=27 December 2019 }}</ref> She faced several days long media trial after a small part of her speech was tweeted by BJP's national spokesman Sambit Patra.<ref>{{Cite web|title=कौन हैं आफ़रीन फातिमा, जिनके वायरल वीडियो को संबित पात्रा ने 'ज़हर की खेती' कहा है?|url=https://www.thelallantop.com/oddnaari/afreen-fatima-who-is-this-jnu-student-who-went-viral-after-sambit-patras-tweet/|access-date=2021-06-07|website=LallanTop - News with most viral and Social Sharing Indian content on the web in Hindi|language=hi}}</ref>
=== Aysha Renna === Aysha Renna is a Muslim Student Activist and National Secretary of Fraternity Movement. A Post Graduate in History from Jamia Millia Islamia, she is one of the leading voices of the Citizenship Amendment Act Protests.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bhatia|first=Akanksha|date=2019-12-16|title=Meet Ayesha Renna & Ladeeda Farzana, The Women Who Became The Brave Faces Of The Jamia Protests|url=https://www.scoopwhoop.com/news/meet-ayesha-renna-ladeeda-farzana-the-women-who-became-the-brave-faces-of-the-jamia-protests/|access-date=2021-06-07|website=www.scoopwhoop.com|language=English}}</ref> She along with Ladeeda Farzana were called 'Sheroes of Jamia' by Barkha Dutt in an interview.<ref>{{Citation|title=Barkha Dutt meets Jamia's 'Viral' Women who've become the face of protests against Citizenship Law| date=16 December 2019 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=julJIXbRmFA|language=en|access-date=2021-06-07}}</ref> Her video of confronting baton wielding police officers to save her friend during a protest went viral.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kuchay|first=Bilal|title=Meet India's Jamia women who took on Delhi police in viral video|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/12/17/meet-indias-jamia-women-who-took-on-delhi-police-in-viral-video|access-date=2021-06-07|website=www.aljazeera.com|language=en}}</ref> She has travelled to all major Indian cities to address the Shaheen Bagh protest sites against Citizenship Amendment Act passed by the Indian government in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Lalwani|first=Vijayta|title=A year later, where are the Jamia women in the viral video protecting their friend from police?|url=https://scroll.in/article/980425/a-year-later-where-are-the-jamia-women-in-the-viral-photo-protecting-their-friend-from-police|access-date=2021-06-07|website=Scroll.in|date=10 December 2020 |language=en-US}}</ref> In January 2021, she was invited to speak at the Elgar Parishad along with Arundhati Roy, Kannan Gopinathan and Sharjeel Usmani.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-01-19|title=Elgaar Parishad's January 30 event: Arundhati Roy, ex-IAS officer Kannan Gopinathan among main speakers|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/elgaar-parishad-arundhati-roy-ex-ias-officer-kannan-gopinathan-among-main-speakers-for-jan-30-event-7151825/|access-date=2021-06-07|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref>
==Campus units==
* Jawaharlal Nehru University<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thecompanion.in/opinion-if-jnu-believes-in-representation-social-justice-jnu-should-vote-for-waseem-rs/|title=Opinion | If JNU Believes In Representation & Social Justice, JNU Should Vote For Waseem Rs|first=Balakrishnan|last=Padmavathi|date=September 2, 2019}}</ref> * English and Foreign Languages University * University of Hyderabad * University of Calicut * University of Delhi * Pondicherry University<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.duupdates.in/du-admission-2020-fraternity-movement-demands-to-layoff-the-unjust-fee-for-obc/|title=DU ADMISSION 2020: FRATERNITY MOVEMENT DEMANDS TO LAYOFF THE UNJUST FEE FOR OBC|first=Priya|last=Nagpal|date=24 June 2020 }}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
Category:Student organisations in India Category:Political parties established in 2017