AMU Kashmiri students reject Yogi Adityanath event on Article 370

Shafe Kidwai, member and in charge of public relations at AMU, said the university had informed the students about the event, but got no response. “We had told the students about the event on Tuesday. But none of them came forward to take part in it. We can’t force any student to take part in an event,” Kidwai told The Indian Express Friday. Information Department Director Shishir Singh told The Indian Express that nearly 100 Kashmiri students would reach Lucknow Friday. “They are coming from different institutes in the three districts and will take part in the discussion on Saturday at 11 am at the CM’s residence,” Singh said.

Mubashir Shah, a PhD student at AMU who hails from Anantnag, said, “The CM does not have jurisdiction on removal of special status in J&K. If someone from the government wanted to have deliberations with us on the issue, it should either be the Prime Minister or the Home Minister…”