AMU Kishanganj missed the DPR deadline! Thanks to lackluster approach of Congress & UPA govt

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It is May 7, 2013 today, exactly 60 days (2 months) have been passed since Mr. Qasmi had made a promise on behalf of his party and government about the preparation of DPR (Detailed Project Report), which is must to get the Rs. 30 to 50 crore token budget. Followers of Mr. Qasmi were quite happy at that time and they went heavily against critic of Congress and UPA government who had blamed the party for delaying the project for past four years. Even the MP from Kishanganj was looking quite satisfied with the developments and letter of MHRD.

Agitation for AMU Kishanganj

As soon the Union Finance Budget presented in the Parliament on February 28, 2013 and the proposed Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) centre at Kishanganj missed the token grant, the issue hit the national news headlines. AMU Kishanganj became a buzz in the first week of March and the Congress led UPA government including its Member of Parliament (MP) from Kishanganj Maulana Asrarul Haque Qasmi was widely criticized. However, somehow on March 7, 2013 the Union Minister of Human Resource & Development (MHRD) M Pallam Raju had issued a letter to AMU to manage Rs. 30 lakh from university budget and get the DPR / DFR prepared. The very next day on March 8, 2013, Congress MP Qasmi did a press-conference at Circuit House in Kishanganj and assured that the DPR / DFR would be prepared within two months.

The hopes of AMU Kishanganj lovers increased many folds with the visit of Vice Chancellor Lt. Gen (Retd.) Zameeruddin Shah and his two member team to Kishanganj on April 1, 2013. Of course, the Vice Chancellor and his team visited the 224.02 acres AMU site and inspected the Minority Hostel of Bihar govt, but in his press release he had clarified that DPR / DFR preparation was not started. Roughly one month had passed till the visit of Vice Chancellor since the time when MHRD had told in its letter that Rs 30 lakh would be released to AMU for preparation of DPR / DFR.

From 1st April 2013 till date more than one month has passed but there is no any development regarding DPR / DFR preparation. A couple of days back when contacted with the concerned official from AMU, he didn’t clarified any thing regarding DPR / DFR preparation. In fact, still the university is waiting for Rs. 30 lakh from MHRD to get the same prepared. It should be noted that AMU Teachers’ Association (AMUTA) just after the visit of AMU Vice Chancellor to Kishanganj criticized him badly and said the concept of special centre as illegal. AMUTA had also warned the Vice Chancellor for not utilizing the other funds of the university for Kishanganj and other centres.

For the above points it is clear that AMU Kishanganj is badly suffering due to twists between AMU and MHRD. Both sides are fulfilling letter exchange formality but nowhere neither the government nor the concerned ministry is serious about pushing ahead the matter of AMU Kishanganj. Keeping a mum on the issue is not a solution. We must not allow the Congress Party and UPA government to make AMU Kishanganj  2014 Election issue. On behalf of Kishanganj and Seemanchal people the Member of Parliament Mr. Qasmi must question his party which is playing with sentiments of 2 crore people from the region. If the DPR / DFR issue is not resolved soon, the activists groups working for AMU Kishanganj may go for agitation against Congress and UPA government at Kishanganj and national capital New Delhi, said an informed source.