The Fallen Shall Rise Again

Dear Friends,

Since last three and half years we have witnessed the rule of bigots, hypocrites and oppressors who taking advantage of the absence of any democratic body at the campus created havoc in the life of every student. We witnessed how freedom of speech and expression remained in the pages of our Constitution and be it Halls of Residences or Departments or even in Internet students were victimised just for their legitimate expression of the grievances suffered by them. But after prolonged struggle today we are going to witness the revival of the historic AMU Students Union whose Union Hall gifted the passage of several resolutions on local, national and international affairs ranging from creating Student Benevolent Fund to condemn the attack by British Forces on Turkish land in 1932. The time has come to take the plunge and fight back again with clear aims and objectives to bring in the real change we need at this hour of crisis.

For the last three and half years we had to hang our head in shame as our senior officials like Vice-Chancellor, Registrar, Finance Officer etc constantly appeared in National Media as the faces of Corruption in Higher Education in India. Today though Executive Ordinances don’t allow Govt Vehicle to DSW, Finance Officers, Registrar, Controller of Examination, OSD still they roam in car and waste the public funds that could be used on students. They are the hypocrites who suspend students at the drop of hat citing rules. I believe the Union of my dream will put a regulatory mechanism to check on the use of public fund through democratic scrutiny by enforcing rule of law for senior officials. Our motto will be either follow the rule or leave the rule off students.

Today more than 50 lack of the Scholarships meant for the Students under different funds are lying unused and our poor brothers and sisters are struggling to study for the low income in their family. The Students Union of my choice shall fight to distribute the Scholarships effectively time to time and constantly raise its voice to check on the fee hike in the AMU Admission Forms which has seen steep rise in Prof.Azis years leaving it inaccessible for many poor muslim students. In the Prof.Azis years, AMU constantly appeared in the national media for indiscriminate suspensions of 156 students against the national average of 7(No. of Suspension in every Central University) without any considerable basis. The upcoming Students Union must take up this issue and form an affective mechanism through changes in the Ordinances so that in cases of Students Indiscipline an accused student gets every opportunity to defend him properly and no Proctor or Provost or anybody can victimize by might is right theory. The Students Union of this time need to be effective, active, powerful and intelligent enough to deal with the serious cases of student victimization by their hostile teachers who fail them in sessionals or projects just for mindless vengeance by forming Academic Grievance Committee of students like in Central University of Hyderabad. The issue of Minority Character and the affect of the Special Centres on it need serious discussion and political action as we know the AMU administration repeatedly ignored the minority issue which is unfortunate.

Everything is possible with the Students Union of my dream and I believe that must be yours. What you need is just to cast your vote for me and dream through my dreamy eyes.