AMU VC in letter war with BJP MP, asks him to maintain peace

Hitting back at the MP, Lt Gen (retd) Zameer Uddin Shah on Sunday asked him not to question his secular credentials by trying to project Shah as a “religious fundamentalist” and urged him to help maintain peace and tranquillity in the city. Gautam had written a letter to Shah on July 13 accusing him of trying to instigate students by issuing a statement in which he said that he forsees “trouble” if AMU is denied its minority tag.

He also accused the VC of “not believing in the constitutional framework of India”. In his letter Shah said, “It is totally wrong to say that I do not believe in the constitutional framework of India or have anyway questioned the Apex Court of the country”.

Shah said that the MP should appreciate the fact that when several universities witnessed ‘violent’ student protests in recent past, AMU students did not do anything which could disturb the peace and the secular fabric of the country.