Kashmiri students defer their decision to leave AMU en masse

Kashmiri students at the Aligarh Muslim University(AMU) have deferred their decision to surrender degrees and leave the campus en masse, on Wednesday, following revocation of the suspension order of two students by the varsity.

Former president of AMU Students’ Union Mashkoor Ahmad Usmani told reporters that the decision to revoke the suspension order of the two Kashmiri students was a “welcome step” and will have salutary effect not only in the AMU, but also in the Kashmir valley.

“We are strongly opposed to any anti-national act and we will never allow any such incident to take place at the campus. However, we strongly oppose any attempt made to harass any student, be it from Kashmir or from any other part of the country. “We feel that slapping of a sedition case against the two Kashmiri students by police was hasty, ill conceived and based on flimsy evidence,” Usmani said. He said if the police fails to withdraw the cases, the Kashmiri students have decided to re-launch their protest and go ahead with their peaceful resistance by leaving the campus en masse.

Former vice president of AMU Students’ Union Sajjad Subhan Rather, who hails from Kashmir and led a silent protest on Tuesday at the All India AMU Alumni Meet, demanded justice for the Kashmiri students.

“We have come to the AMU to build our careers. Please do not snatch away the ‘pens’ from our hands,” he said.