New Delhi: In his reaction to the Supreme Court Judgement on Aligarh Muslim University minority status cases, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi said it was an important day for Muslims of India. He urged the Modi government to take this judgement in its stride and it should support AMU as it is also a central university.
Posting his reaction on X, Owaisi said:
- It is an important day for Muslims of India. The 1967 judgement had rejected minority status of #AMU when in fact it was. Article 30 states that minorities have the right to establish and administer their educational institutions in a manner that they deem fit.
- The right of minorities to educate themselves has been upheld. I congratulate all students and faculty of AMU today. It does not matter if the University was established before the Constitution, or if it was set up by a law of the govt. It is a minority institution if it was established by minorities. All the arguments of the BJP were rejected.
- The BJP has opposed minority status for AMU for all these years. What is it going to do now? It has made every effort to attack AMU and Jamia, and our right to even run madrasas. BJP must introspect and go for a course correction.
- The Modi govt. should take this judgement in its stride. It should support AMU as it is also a central university. Jamia gets ₹3L per student, AMU gets ₹3.9L per student, but BHU gets ₹6.15L. Jamia and AMU have consistently performed well in national rankings. With the right support, the Universities could be globally renowned. But for that, Modi must stop discriminating against them. AMU’s Kishanganj centre has been languishing for the past many years. This must also be addressed urgently and the centre should begin working as soon as possible.
