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“This is my heartiest wish that a
Special Centre of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) must be in the
Kishanganj district of Bihar”, the AMU VC Prof P.K. Abdul Azis has
shared this feeling in almost all the meetings and open forum. On
September 5, 2011 the AMU VC had once again repeated the same
saying during a quick chat with members of AMU Centre Bihar
Movement (a group of people from Bihar and Jharkhand for the cause
of AMU Centre Kishanganj). Prof Azis shared the current status of
the proposed centre and hurdles ahead as well.
According to the AMU VC, he is going to retire in January 2012 so
all the official formalities to open the centre at Kishanganj
should be finished before he leave the university. In fact, he has
some concern and said it can’t be expected the next VC would take
ahead the idea of opening the Study centres of AMU out of Aligarh
or not. Hence, it is necessary to fulfill the formalities in this
short span of time. As of now, a local resident of Kishanganj Mr.
Afzal has offered 250 acres of land free of cost for opening the
AMU Study Centre. The AMU VC and his team had visited the land in
July 2011 along with the District Magistrate of Kishanganj Dr.
Sandeep Kumar R Pudakalkatti. Both the AMU Team and District
Administration found the land offered by Mr. Afzal ideal for AMU
Study Centre.
However, in his latest update the AMU VC had told that a group of
local leaders and business minded people (indirectly land mafias)
are asking DM Kishanganj not to offer the land to AMU. The reason
given by that section is that the piece of land is far from the
district headquarters Kishanganj and close to West Bengal. They
give the illogical reason opening of the centre in Mr. Afzal’s
land at Pothia block will be more of West Bengal instead of
Kishanganj. As Murshidabad in West Bengal already has a centre, so
opening of AMU Centre will be in West Bengal as well.
Fact is that, the land offered by Mr. Afzal is situated in Pothia
Block of Kishaganj and hardly 20 kms. away from district
headquarters Kishanganj. There is a tea garden on the land and it
is very well connected to NH 31 and other parts of Kishanganj
district. The main reason behind just illogical mindset is
indirectly the loss of land mafias. Just after the declaration of
Chakla Village (in the outskirts of Kishanganj town) as the site
of AMU Special Centre, the land brokers bought several acres of
land and now they are not getting buyers due to relocation of the
proposed centre to Pothia. Hence, they are taking help of local
leaders and active activists for shifting the attention from
Pothia to Chakla.
While talking with the members of AMU Centre Bihar Movement, AMU
VC had clearly mentioned only the Pothia land is suitable for the
centre. According to him, the DM of Kishanganj is ready to
transfer the land to AMU for the centre, but the local pressure
from the section of opportunist people is delaying the further
action. Prof Abdul Azis asked the AMU Centre Bihar Movement group
to resolve the land issue on immediate basis by taking the local
leaders and opposition group in faith.
Based on the recommendation of AMU VC an urgent meeting was called
on September 6, 2011 at Milli Model School (Jamat-E-Islami
Complex) in Abul Fazal Enclave, New Delhi. The members discussed
the areas of concern and jotted down the plan of action ahead. The
group had decided to arrange a grand reception in New Delhi for
Mr. Afzal (donor of land), AMU VC and a representative from Bihar
Government might be Chief Secretary or Home Secretary who can
order the DM Kishanganj to end the land deadlock. If the three
parties unanimously accept the proposal the issue of land transfer
can be easily resolved. Besides these, the group decided to add
more and more people and other groups working for the cause of AMU
Centre Bihar. People working on ground level in Kishanganj would
also be supported by AMU Centre Bihar Movement group.
In short, only a couple of months have left for resolving the land
transfer issue in Kishanganj. Very shortly, the name of new VC
will be announced for the Aligarh Muslim University. And no one is
sure, whether the new VC would carry ahead the proposal of AMU
Centre in various parts of the country or not. Hence, opening of
AMU Centre is not only the issue of Kishanganj or Seemanchal area.
The people from all over Bihar and Jharkhand should come ahead to
resolve the issue on immediate basis. AMU Centre Kishanganj is not
going to benefit only a section of society, in fact, it is going
to help the whole state of Bihar in various ways especially
education and economy. If we will not wake up now and take the
initiative, we ourselves would be responsible for our dismal
condition.
Note: Join the AMU Centre Bihar Movement on Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/groups/192115817489847/
or write the group on amukishanganj@gmail.com
for any suggestion or support.
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