[Reader-list] BJP poll ad tells lies about Jamia

[Aditya Raj Kaul]

So does Munshi ji say that 'no Jamia funds' were used to back the Terrorists
? Taking his earlier words back....Strange..!!! Or, is it just another
'anti-BJP' plank ?

On 11/17/08, Javed <javedmasoo at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Jamia complains to EC over BJP ad
> 17 Nov 2008, 1936 hrs IST, PTI
>
> NEW DELHI: Jamia Millia Islamia has approached the Election Commission
> against an advertisement
> by the BJP accusing the varsity of spending its funds to "defend"
> terror suspects.
> In its letter to Chief Election Commissioner N Gopalaswami, Jamia
> vice-chancellor Mushirul Hasan denied using any funds for defending
> the terror accused and said that the advertisement was a "deliberate
> distortion of facts".
> "Jamia has not spent a single paise from its resources on the two
> students implicated in the Batla House incident," Hassan said in the
> letter.
> The advertisement referring to the varsity was "based on false
> information", he said.
> Earlier, the varsity had established a special fund, raised through
> the money donated by students and faculty, for providing legal aid to
> two of its students — Zia-ur-Rehman and Mohammad Shakil — who were
> arrested by Delhi Police in connection with September 13 serial blasts
> in the capital.
> The arrests had come close on the heels of Batla House encounter in
> the close vicinity of the institution.
> The decision to extend legal help to its students was taken as it felt
> that it was their "moral obligation" to protect its students until
> they are proved guilty by the court of law, the varsity had said.
> Referring to the incident, the BJP had given an advertisement in
> newspapers which criticises Congress for wooing voters by allowing
> Jamia to spend its funds in protecting terrorists.
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