[Reader-list] Press statement from University Community

[Aditya Raj Kaul]

Hope Police has filed a case against the illegal organisers 'University
Community' and the hooligans of SFI & AISA who belonged mainly to the JNU
for spreading 'communally charged' literature and even organising such a
seminar of communal propaganda.

If not, then its indeed unfortunate.

On 11/8/08, Aditya Raj Kaul <kauladityaraj at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> lol.... Complete Propaganda..
>
> Does anyone even know who this 'University Community' organisation belongs
> to ? Faceless charecters with nil knowledge on this issue.
>
> 1. They entioned Gujarat and Orissa, but forgot the plight of 'Hindu's in
> Kashmir.
>
> 2. They believe these are 'Hindu Fascists  & Terrorists'. What about
> 'Islamic Terrorists & Fundamentalists'. Or, do they support 'Islamic tirade'
> in India and across the globe. ???
>
> 3. S.A.R. Geelani is no teacher, no authority on terrorism, no leader and
> not even a person of an iota of respect. He is a bloody terrorist. Why was
> he invited then ???
>
> 4. No permission was taken by the organisers. So says the SHO, V-C and the
> Proctor. Whom do we believe ? SFI Goondas or the Police.
>
> 5. DUSU Office was tried to attacked, this I saw from my own eyed. I need
> not write more. Police prevented and directed eberyone to leave.
>
> 6. During the protest at the Geelani seminar, violence broke when SFI &
> AISA goondas started clashing and beating ABVP activists. These communists
> can go to any extent to even kill a person. An ABVP activist was seriously
> injured, which made matters worse. Atleast 4-5 JNU hooligans which includes
> girls were involved in an attack on ABVP activists.
>
> 7. DUSU President rightly saud that 'She would also spit at him'. The
> entire country does on a Terrorist. He is no differenet. He should be jailed
> atleast.
>
> 8. SFI, AISA and few of those left community lobby in DU are frustated with
> the fact that they have no major support lft in DU. And, hence are stuck on
> cheap publicty acts. Geelani attracts media and provokes students, hence
> they though he would be the best choice.
>
> 9. Its quite unfortunate how this 'community lobby' is so dead media hungry
> and frustration shoes on their faces. Poor souls they are. DU won't tolerate
> their propaganda be it anywhere.
>
> 10. The act of spiiting as reported by many newspapers today has been done
> by some Vinay Kumar Singh of Shri Ram Sena. He says he has no role with RSS
> and ABVP, but dares Geelani.
>
> Down with Communal Propaganda organisations like SFI & AISA. Ban Them.
>
> Period.
>
> On 11/8/08, hany babu <hanybabu at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Press Statement
>>
>>
>>
>> *9th November 2008.*
>>
>>
>>
>> A protest march against the ABVP's fascist assault and vandalism was held
>> by
>> the University Community on the on 7th November, starting from Vivekananda
>> statue, Arts Faculty of Delhi University. A large number of students and
>> teachers from Delhi University were joined by JNU and Jamia students, and
>> a
>> march of more than 600 people traversed all colleges in the North Campus
>> raising slogans.
>>
>> The march also stopped in front of DUSU office for around five minutes,
>> raising slogans against ABVP as well as Nupur Sharma, the President and
>> her
>> associates who attacked the seminar on 6th November. The march proceeded
>> to
>> the Vice Chancellor's office, where a protest meeting was held. Students
>> and
>> teachers in one voice spoke against ABVP's communal-fascist politics, the
>> inaction of the Delhi Police as well as the administration's attempt to
>> curb
>> the rights of speech and expression.
>>
>> A delegation of students and teachers, which also included the
>> representatives of University Community, the organizers of the public
>> meeting of the 6th November, met the DU administration and demanded
>> immediate and strict action against the ABVP lumpens who were responsible
>> for full-scale vandalism, physical assault and inciting communal frenzy.
>> The
>> university administration was asked to file an FIR against the culprits,
>> and
>> to constitute a time-bound enquiry into the incident.
>>
>> The ABVP and its masters, BJP, have however continued to justify their
>> action. They, including Nupur Sharma have been giving communally charged
>> statements in the media targeting Prof. SAR Geelani in particular and the
>> university community in general. The ABVP has been spreading completely
>> baseless allegations and are hounding the organizers of the public meeting
>> and the members of the group, University Community. Yesterday the ABVP
>> tried
>> filed a false case alleging that four members of the group tried to attack
>> the DUSU office. The white lie however was for all to see, the march was
>> conducted peacefully and no such incident as alleged by the ABVP has ever
>> occurred. The members of media were present, and a large contingent Delhi
>> Police personnel was deployed which accompanied the whole course of the
>> protest march, and they would have reported about it had such incident
>> occurred.  A number senior teachers  of the university also were present,
>> who marched along with the students.  It is to be noted that even before
>> the
>> march reached in front of the DUSU office, the gates of the office were
>> closed.  After their fascist politics getting successfully repelled and
>> thoroughly exposed, the ABVP and its masters in RSS and BJP are now
>> resorting to spreading rumours and baseless allegations in order to save
>> their face. We condemn such fascist tactics of the ABVP and the *
>> sangh-parivar* to intimidate and repress the democratic voices of the
>> campus.
>>
>> The University Community takes strong objection to the false and dangerous
>> propaganda from a person holding a responsible office like the President
>> of
>> the student union the largest Central University of the country. Moreover,
>> by calling a teacher of the university a terrorist, ABVP and Ms Nupur
>> Sharma
>> has insulted the entire student of the university. We demand an
>> unconditional apology from Ms Nupur Sharma for her objectionable remark.
>> By
>> planning and organising the attack under her leadership personally (she
>> personally led the vulgar attack on the spot) she made an aborted attempt
>> to
>> disrupt a meeting which was duly publicised and held at a venue with the
>> permission of the University Authorities. ABVP is also challenging all the
>> democratic structures of the university. In fact, this very act goes a
>> long
>> way to prove the concerns expressed by the organizers about the
>> "increasing
>> onslaught of the right- wing Hindu communal-fascist forces" in our
>> country.
>> This act and the brazen manner in which the DUSU President has carried
>> this
>> act shows us that the threat looms much larger than we can envisage. It is
>> not only states like Gujarat or Orissa that are witness to this onslaught,
>> even institutions of higher learning in the national capital are not free
>> from the clutches of Hindu communal fascist goons.
>>
>>
>> Ms Nupur Sharma has also gone on record saying that she herself would have
>> spat on SAR Geelani. This also shows that the DUSU President has no
>> respect
>> for the law or the judicial system of the country, let alone codes of
>> civilized conduct in public places. We should all think whether such a
>> person has any right to hold a responsible office. It is the typical
>> duplicity of politics of the Hindutva brigade to take recourse to the law
>> when it is convenient for their divisive politics and to break it to run
>> their writ as they are against all forms of democratic functioning or
>> accountability.
>>
>>
>> It is also interesting to see the ABVP student who resorted to a heinous
>> act
>> of spitting on respected Geelani is trying play another drama in sections
>> of
>> media that  like Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, another ABVP goon, arrested
>> in
>> connection with the Malegaon blasts, that he doesn't belong to ABVP.
>> Another
>> false claim made by ABVP, which appeared in sections of newspapers is that
>> the seminar was organized by outsiders. The University Community comprises
>> a
>> group of students and teachers of Delhi University who thought it is high
>> time that we started discussing some of the burning issues that are
>> threatening to incinerate the secular and democratic fabric of our
>> society.
>> It is only natural that some people who are interested in the topic would
>> have decided to attend the seminar as is the tradition in all universities
>> whether it is DU, JNU or Jamia Millia Islamia. Since DU has no policy to
>> hold all the events inside closed doors, it is surprising that the DUSU
>> President takes objection to the presence of some "outsiders". Perhaps for
>> the likes of Nupur Sharma and ABVP  and to the politics of communal
>> fascism
>> which she owes her affiliation, anyone who talks for the oppressed or
>> incarcerated or anyone who dares to raise the voice against a highly
>> patriarchal, oppressive, casteist, and communal Hindutva brigade is an
>> "outsider".
>>
>>
>>
>> *University Community*
>>
>> *Contact Persons: Arjumand Ara, Natasha, Tripta Wahi, Shikha, Umar Khalid
>> Harsh Bora, 9811855618, universitycommunity at gmail.com*
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> University Community
>>
>> Students and Teachers of University of Delhi
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> Aditya Raj Kaul
>
> Freelance Correspondent, The Times of India
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>
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Aditya Raj Kaul

Freelance Correspondent, The Times of India
Cell - +91-9873297834

Campaign Blog: http://kashmiris-in-exile.blogspot.com/
Personal Blog: http://activistsdiary.blogspot.com/