http://hindu.com/2010/10/24/stories/2010102460380500.htm
Aligarh: The condition of one of the students on hunger strike for the past six days outside the Aligarh Muslim University Vice-Chancellor's residence demanding revival of the students' union deteriorated on Saturday, official sources said.
The sources said the authorities have alerted the Centre about the fragile peace on the campus.
With the student protesters squatting outside the gate of his residence, Vice-Chancellor P. K. Abdul Azis has been confined to a government guest house outside the University campus for more than 48 hours. The students have been holding protests for more than three weeks now and despite an attempt on Friday night by top district officials, Prof. Azis turned down the students' demand for reviving the union which has been lying defunct for more than four years now.
Agitating students' spokesman Mushtaq Ahmed told PTI: “We have written several letters to the Union HRD Minister and two letters to Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi highlighting that all we are seeking is the restoration of our basic democratic rights. Not only has the students' union been shut down but students' representation to the two main statutory bodies, the Academic Council and the University Court, has also been stopped. It is sad that neither Rahul Gandhi nor the HRD Minister has replied to us.” - PTI
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