Welcome President Kovind for convocation, but won’t allow BJP and RSS : AMU students union

Welcome President Kovind for convocation, but won’t allow BJP and RSS : AMU students union

Aligarh Muslim University Students Union has warned members of Sangh Parivar to stay away from the campus when President Ramnath Kovind arrives here on 7 March. Kovind is scheduled to visit the AMU campus as the chief guest for the annual convocation ceremony.

The AMU Students’ Union President, Mashkoor Ahmed Usmani said, “The President of India is a constitutional post and we respect this office. Since he’s a visitor to our university on 7 March, we will do everything in our capacity to welcome his arrival with full honour. We will follow the protocol in accordance with the constitution.

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“However, no members of BJP or the RSS or, for that matter, any political outfit, will be allowed to enter the campus on that day. This is our warning to anyone with communal background that they must stay away from the campus on the day President Kovind arrives here as our guest. As Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru had said, ‘When the AMU speaks, Muslims of India listen.’ We have to preserve the non-communal identity of our campus. If anyone thinks they can enter on the pretext of being a part of the President’s convoy, this is our warning to them.”

Kovind, a former BJP functionary, was appointed the President of India in July last year. However, one of the reasons why the members of the AMU Students’ Union are anxious is his communally charged statements made in the past. In 2010, Kovind was reported to have said that Muslims and Christians were alien to India adding that this fact continued to ‘bother us till date but we welcome him.”