AMU students union remove 'dharna site' board from the campus
Anuja Jaiswal | TNN | Jun 13, 2019, 19:48 IST
AGRA: A couple of hours after the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) designated the varsity's duck point as a "dharna site" by putting a board there, members of the Students' union members removed the same on the plea that it was a "symbol of tyranny".
The university authorities had designated the dharma site after Allahabad high court restrained protests at the varsity's main gate and within 100 meters of the administrative block and the vice chancellor lodge. The president of students' union uploaded photographs of students removing the board on social media claiming that the symbol of tyranny had been removed from the campus.
In his Facebook post, president Salman Imtiaz said that AMU authorities can not impose a place of protest for the students. He said, "I, as the president of AMUSU and I have already rejected this authoritarianism of the university officials. We have the legitimate right to question the university authorities in a peaceful manner, whenever anti-student policies are framed or corrupt practices are found".
He further added that protests in a democratic country are a legitimate right and powers that be cannot act in a tyrannical manner.
Talking to TOI, Imtiaz, said that several protests have been held in the campus in a peaceful manner, but the administrative authorities portray the current protest as an "obstruction" in academic and administrative functioning, which is absolutely incorrect.
AMUSU's Vice President Hamza Sufyan said, "We are not satisfied with the decision of administrative authorities designating the dharna site in the campus. To protest is our fundamental right and we can do it wherever we want". He added that they will file a review petition in the court and if it is not accepted, they would challenge the HC order in the Supreme court.
He told TOI that last month on May 4, the AMU authorities had allotted the space for protests near the university's polytechnic, but they had withdrawn their decision after the intervention of Students' union.
The university authorities had designated the dharma site after Allahabad high court restrained protests at the varsity's main gate and within 100 meters of the administrative block and the vice chancellor lodge. The president of students' union uploaded photographs of students removing the board on social media claiming that the symbol of tyranny had been removed from the campus.
In his Facebook post, president Salman Imtiaz said that AMU authorities can not impose a place of protest for the students. He said, "I, as the president of AMUSU and I have already rejected this authoritarianism of the university officials. We have the legitimate right to question the university authorities in a peaceful manner, whenever anti-student policies are framed or corrupt practices are found".
He further added that protests in a democratic country are a legitimate right and powers that be cannot act in a tyrannical manner.
Talking to TOI, Imtiaz, said that several protests have been held in the campus in a peaceful manner, but the administrative authorities portray the current protest as an "obstruction" in academic and administrative functioning, which is absolutely incorrect.
AMUSU's Vice President Hamza Sufyan said, "We are not satisfied with the decision of administrative authorities designating the dharna site in the campus. To protest is our fundamental right and we can do it wherever we want". He added that they will file a review petition in the court and if it is not accepted, they would challenge the HC order in the Supreme court.
He told TOI that last month on May 4, the AMU authorities had allotted the space for protests near the university's polytechnic, but they had withdrawn their decision after the intervention of Students' union.
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