ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION, ALIGARH
S. Mustafa Zaidi Hony. Secretary | Teaching Staff Club, AMU, Aligarh, 202002 (O); (R); (M) Email: secretaryamuta@gmail.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ |
December 23, 2011
Unanimous resolutions passed by the Executive Committee of the Aligarh Muslim University Teachers’ Association (AMUTA) at its meeting held on Dec. 23, 2011 at 7:00 P.M
Resolution No. 1
This meeting of the Executive Committee of AMU Teachers’ Association condemns the death in mysterious circumstances of Master Saddam Husain of Class X, S.T.S. High School, AMU, Aligarh. We express our heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family and friends and demand that an immediate time bound enquiry into this reprehensible incident be held and, although nothing can make up the irreparable loss of a young life, suitable compensation be awarded.
It is regrettable that although the disappearance of Master Saddam Husain was known since yesterday, the University administration ignored the issue, did not take any steps and the Vice-Chancellor, Proctor and all other functionaries continued with their plan of going to Mallapuram.
We appeal to the District Administration to thoroughly investigate the matter and punish the guilty. We appeal to all persons to maintain peace and calm on the campus at this difficult juncture.
Resolution No. 2
The AMUTA Executive Committee condemns the “inauguration and dedication to the nation” of the totally illegal Mallapuram Centre by Mr. Kapil Sibal, the Union Minister of Human Resource Development and Mr. E. Ahmad, the Minister of State of HRD with practically the whole Kerala Government in attendance. It is strange that despite representations made to the Hon’ble President of India, the Prime Minister, the Union Minister of HRD and the UPA Chairperson Mrs. Sonia Gandhi as well as the AICC General Secretary Shri Rahul Gandhi, the Congress led Government and the Congress Party have turned a deaf ear to the legitimate concerns of the AMU community and its well wishers.
We would like to place on record that lacs of rupees have been spent during the last few days for this programme. In fact the real AMU campus at Aligarh has become a satellite to the illegal Mallapuram Centre, where taking official TA/DA, a team comprising the Vice-Chancellor, Registrar, Finance Officer, some Deans, Proctor, Provosts, Member Incharges, media advisor, other officers, functionaries, friends, students and other people have been sent. This has created a vacuum and thus an alarming situation on the campus similar to that of April, 2011, when too the VC was in Mallapuram, and the University was closed sine-die.
Over the last few days deliberate attempts have been made to vitiate the atmosphere, that seem aimed at proving that only Prof Azis or his chosen people can manage the University. These include demands to postpone exams and condone/ makeup attendance. Today, i.e., Dec. 23, 2011, a group of students created problems in the Faculty of Engineering and wanted an immediate solution from the officiating V.C. It is fortunate that an ugly situation was averted by using proper tact and persuasion by the teachers on the spot. Another potentially explosive situation has been created because of the finding of the dead body of a school student who was missing for the last two days and where none of the officers and functionaries of the University had paid any attention to this problem.
We appeal to the Government of India, the Government of Kerala and the Congress as well as other political parties to stop ignoring the concerns of the AMU community for their imaginary political benefits.
(S. Mustafa Zaidi)
