AMU divided over VC, Registrar’s ‘expulsion’

A section of students, who was apparently supporting the Vice Chancellor and Registrar, have termed the ‘expulsion’ as fake news. Read on to know more..

Less than 24 hours after students and teachers of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) claimed to have ‘expelled’ their Vice Chancellor and Registrar for supporting police action during protests in the campus over the citizenship law, a clear division was being seen among the student community.

Aligarh Muslim University. (HT file)

A section of students, who was apparently supporting the Vice Chancellor and Registrar, have termed the ‘expulsion’ as fake news.

The other group remains firm on its stand of expelling the VC and Registrar.

Members of both the groups, however, do not wish to be named.

“This is fake news. There has been no meeting of students or faculty members. In fact the campus is almost empty because all hostellers have left after the AMU closed on December 15. Moreover, are students and teachers even authorised to expel a Vice Chancellor?” asked one of the students supporting the VC.

He requested anonymity because he said he would be targeted by the ‘other lobby’ later.

The other group, however, maintained that the expulsion letter was ‘genuine’ and merely an expression of their angst against the AMU authorities who did not even protest against police action on the students.

He said he did not wish to be named because he would be targeted by the police, which are continuing its ‘witch-hunt’.

A senior faculty member, meanwhile, said that the ‘expulsion’ was only an expression of students’ disillusionment with the AMU administration and nothing more should be read into it.