To end two-week campus logjam, AMU students meet district officials
What's the story
In a bid to end the two-week-long logjam on campus, the leaders of Aligarh Muslim University Students Union (AMUSU) held a meeting with senior district officials today. The students demand action against those who had barged into campus on May 2, seeking removal of a portrait of Pakistan founder MA Jinnah that had been adorning a wall of union office for decades. Here's more.
Demand action
Students demand action against policemen responsible for lathi charge
The students also demanded action against those policemen who were responsible for the lathi charge on protesting Aligarh Muslim University students the same evening. Meanwhile, AMU Vice Chancellor Tariq Mansoor visited the site of the dharna and urged the protesting leaders to call off their agitation to help restore normalcy on campus as admission tests and annual examinations are underway.
Adverse impact
Students' health, if deteriorated, would have adverse impact on normalcy
Professor Mansoor said that if the health of any student deteriorated during the relay hunger strike, it would have a very adverse impact on the process of normalcy on the campus. "I have assured the protesting students that the university fully supports their genuine demands and it is in their own interest now to call off the agitation on the campus," he said.