AMU’s Student Union Elections Are Not Political
AMU students fear expulsions without a hearing, which happened to a student after his ‘anti-national’ FB post.
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When Tehelka journalist Asad Ashraf was labelled an ISIS sympathizer by Arnab Goswami during his nightly shoutdown, a motley crew of students at the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) sought permission to invite him to campus.
1. The Dictator
“The proctor denied saying RAW wale peeche pad jayenge, IB wale peeche pad jayenge”, Sharjeel Usmani, a first year Political Science student and journalist at the historic university, tells The Quint.
Mics and chairs were taken away by force when students tried to organize a protest against the unrest in Kashmir without permission.
“As for Rohith Vemula”, Sharjeel says, “half the students are not even aware who he was. Secondly, no one was willing to come forward. Some said you start, I’ll back you. Others said you start, I’ll back you. When I tried to organize the protest, nobody backed me. They inject fear in us students.”
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