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[1] From: "Aditya Mishra" <aditya11@sbcglobal.net> Date: Thu Oct 6, 2005 Subject: Re: [indiathinkersnet] Left Parties on Indian Vote in the IAEA I think the stand taken by GOI is very courageous and demonstrates independent policy. Iran has no reason to waste its resources in development of Atomic bombs since they can easily buy it from Pakistan. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sukla Sen" <suklasen@...> The meeting discussed the stand taken by the government of India on the Iran issue at the International Atomic Energy Agency. The Left parties consider India's voting for the resolution on Iran to be a serious departure from an independent foreign policy. -------------------------------- [2] From: "sanjeev nayyar" <exploreindia@vsnl.net> Date: Thu Oct 6, 2005 1 Subject: Lanka to Shelve Anti-Conversion Bill 10/4/2005 3:58:28 The Peninsula - Qatar Colombo The Sri Lankan government has agreed to a request by the United States to shelve the controversial Anti-Conversion Bill, a top US State Department official told a Daily Mirror journalist visiting the US. ------------------------------ [3] From: Sukla Sen <suklasen@yahoo.com> Date: Thu Oct 6, 2005 Subject: AMU Imbroglio: Damn the Verdict, Enact New Law, No Point "Appealing" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1253868.cms Verdict damaging, says former varsity V-C MOHAMMED WAJIHUDDIN TIMES NEWS NETWORK[ THURSDAY, OCTOBER 06, 2005 01:10:12 AM ] Citibank NRI Offer MUMBAI: Perhaps nobody knows Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) better than Saiyid Hamid, the former vice-chancellor and chancellor, Jamia Hamdard, Delhi. It was during his tenure as VC that the AMU Amendment Act, 1981, after a long battle, was passed, providing it the status of a minority institution. Tuesday??™s verdict of the Allahabd High Court quashes this very Act, depriving it of its status as a premier Muslim institution. "I am shocked and worried. The verdict is damaging in the sense that Muslims don??™t have access to better educational institutions. This unimaginative order is based on a narrow technical ground," octogenarian Hamid told TOI on Wednesday from his Jamia Hamdard campus residence in Talimabad in Delhi. Himself an alumni of AMU who traces his origins back to the family of the university??™s founder, Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, Hamid has taken a keen interest in the education of Muslims in India. "It??™s a setback to all those who have endeavoured to uplift the educationally and socially backward Muslim community." The controversial AMU (Amendment Act), 1981 defines the university as ??????an institution of their choice, established by Muslims of India, empowering it to especially promote the educational and cultural advancement of Muslims of India." Hamid admits that the 1981 Act didn??™t directly call AMU a minority institution, but "it accepted its historical role in educational advancement of the Muslims." "In spirit it??™s a minority institution. You cannot deny that AMU still is a nucleus of cultural and education life of Indian Muslims," said Hamid, who is also secretary, Hamdard Education Society, Delhi. The High Court verdict called the AMU Academic Council??™s February 2005 decision, which was endorsed by the HRD ministry, to reserve 50 per cent quota for Muslims in admissions "illegal." The 50 per cent quota for Muslims, Hamid says, was brought in because the arrangement of 50 per cent quota for internal students (from the University??™s own SSC and HSC streams) was not benefiting the community. "Not many bright Muslim candidates were getting admissions through the internal quota. The 50 per cent reservation was to ensure better representation of Muslims in the university??™s academic life. The internal quota had spun malpractices in admission," explained the former VC who had earned acclaim for bringing order on the University??™s campus in the 1980s. Many criminal elements, masquerading as students??™ union leaders, had turned the university campus into a hotbed of goondaism. Strikes and rowdism had become order of the day. Hamid, braving stiff resistance from many Muslims and even threats to his life, had restored the university??™s reputation as an epicentre of Muslim education in India. Aware of the politically charge issue such as AMU??™s minority status, Hamid counsels patience and pragmatism to his community. "The university should approach the apex court to seek justice. I do hope that the Supreme Court will restore AMU??™s minority character. Muslims must not get provoked," he said. II. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1253542.cms Cong wanted to convert AMU into madrasa: BJPAdd to Clippings PTI[ WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 05, 2005 06:33:42 PM ] NEW DELHI: BJP on Wednesday asked the government not to appeal against the annulment of the Aligarh Muslim University's minority status, saying religion-based reservations were "detrimental" to national unity. "The government has committed a sin as it tried to convert the Aligarh Muslim University into an Aligarh Muslim Madrasa," BJP vice-president Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said at a party briefing in New Delhi. His comments came in the wake of Allahabad High Court striking down the AMU Amendment Act of 1981, which designated the university as a minority institution. The verdict also invalidated a February 25 Central notification that allowed 50 per cent reservation for Muslims in post-graduate medical courses. "The UPA government should rather cancel its reservation order that aimed to damage the original equal-oppportunity foundations of the AMU. The government should desist from going for a Shahbano-type solution to nullify the judgement," Naqvi said. The BJP leader also accused the Congress-led government of using religion-based reservation to further its own political interests. "The decision to allow Muslim reservations in the AMU was in fact a roadblock in the way of the community's economic betterment. Who would give jobs to students who have passed out from a university that has seat reservations in place?" Naqvi asked. He alleged that Union HRD Minister Arjun Singh was himself "unsure of the legal validity" of his decision despite the BJP's stiff opposition to the move. "But for the Congress, the AMU has always been an arena to play politics on. As a nation, however, we should support universalisation and high-quality uniform education," Naqvi added. |
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