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AMU VC under attack for media interview
New Delhi, May 18 (UNI) An interview to a newspaper by Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) Vice-Chancellor P K Abdul Azis has triggered a controversy in the varsity with the Executive Council and the Court members demanding a special meeting on May 24 to discuss the issue.
In a letter to the vice-chancellor, a copy of which is in the possession of UNI, the members asked him to convene a special meeting of the Executive Council, preferably on May 24, to discuss the contents of the interview given to a Delhi-based Urdu newspaper, published in its May 5 and 6 issues.
The meeting was earlier scheduled to be held on May 17, but so far no notice had been issued in this regard, indicating that it was being postponed.
This has forced the nine AMU Executive Council members -- Justice Saghir Ahmed, Wasim Ahmed, Prof Mansoor Hasan, Zarayab Jilani, Prof Habibur Rahman, Ehtishamur Rahim Khan, Khurshid Ahmad Khan, Dr Mohammad Ilyas Khan and Jamshed Siddiqui -- to write to the AMU vice-chancellor, seeking convening of the special meeting on May 24.
''....we wish to request you to convene a special meeting of the Executive Council at the earliest, preferably on May 24, to discuss the grave situation arising out of the serious charges levelled by you against some members of the Council and the Court in the interview given to the Urdu daily.
''Your statement/interview has not only lowered the dignity of the Executive Council and the (AMU) Court, but also raised very serious questions to be considered by the Council, including the matter of alleged threat said to have been given to you by some Council member whose name had not been disclosed in the newspaper report. Some other serious aspersions are also there in the interview/statement of yours which require discussion and decision by the Executive Council.'' The letter further reminded the vice-chancellor that he had not issued any contradiction or clarification so far.
The
Executive
Council
members
have
demanded
that
the
agenda
of
the
meeting
should
be
''to
consider
the
statement/interview
of
the
vice-chancellor
to
the
Urdu
newspaper
in
which
serious
allegations
and
accusations
have
been
made
against
some
Council
and
Court
members,
including
the
charge
of
threat
to
his
life
and
the
situation
arising
therefrom
and
to
decide
about
the
steps
required
to
be
taken
for
the
restoration
of
dignity
of
the
University
as
well
of
the
Executive
Council
and
the
Court
and
also
for
the
security
of
life
and
honour
of
the
Vice-chancellor.''
UNI
AG
RN1622
