Fraternity Movement
Student-youth party in India / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Fraternity Movement is a student-youth party in India working for strengthening democracy, social justice and fraternity.[1][2] It is a growing student organization in many regions of India especially in West Bengal, Kerala and Delhi.[3] The Fraternity Movement is directly linked to Welfare Party of India and Jamaat-e-Islami Hind.
Formation | April 30, 2017; 7 years ago (2017-04-30) |
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Headquarters | New Delhi |
Fields | Student and Youth |
National Secretary | Afreen Fatima |
President | Mohammed Asim Khan |
Website | fraternityindia |
The Fraternity Movement serves as the students organisation of the Welfare Party of India, which is the political front for Jamaat-e-Islami Hind.
The slogan of the movement is "Democracy, Social Justice and Fraternity".[4]
In 2017, Fraternity made its foray into politics by winning a seat in the college students council of the Maharaja's College in Ernakulam.[5] Fraternity Movement candidate Afreen Fatima won the student union elections of Jawaharlal Nehru University as a councillor in 2019.[6][7]
During the Anti-Citizenship protests that sparked India in December 2019, Fraternity Movement blocked the Calicut international airport.[8] Several members of Fraternity Movement, were jailed for their involvement in the protests.[9]