AMU is a minority institution supported by generous funding from the Government of India. One must not forget that AMU spearheaded the Movement for the homeland for the Muslims of the sub-continent which is known as Pakistan today. Inspite of the fact that sixty years down the line, AMU still remains the haven of crypto-Pakistanis with the tacit support and encouragement of the Govt of India which has never deemed it necessary to intervene to set matters right. Today the students of AMU are led once again by those who think that the Muslims have the right to make demands on the state that impinge on the secular character of our great Republic. What should be done? First of all, remove the word 'Muslim" from the title of the Institution and make it fully secular as otherwise the majority community staying in and around Aligarh perceive the AMU as the hotbed of Muslim politics which are increasingly in support of extreme communal elements influenced by the Wahhabi segments encouraged by generous funding from Saudi Arabia. The Government of India especially the Sonia Gandhi led UPA sleeps over the issue instead of imposing strong Central controls on the activities of the student body of the AMU which would any day veer out of control and this incident where the Residence of the Vice-Chancellor of AMU was set on fire portends the worse to come.
