Former AMUSU VP comes out in support of Hilal over Pulwama tweet

Agra | Saturday | 16th February, 2019

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Vice president of Students’ Union Humza Sufyan said that the union strongly condemned the controversial tweet sent by the AMU student. He claimed Hilal had questioned that if militancy had ended in the valley as was being claimed by the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, then “how’s the Jaish?”.“Kashmiris are being harassed everywhere,” he claimed. He added that he will be writing a letter to the governor demanding security for Kashmiris.However, AMU students Union distanced themselves from Rather’s statement by dubbing it as his personal views on the matter. He said that the administration should take a strong action against the student if he is found guilty.“No one supports his statement,” said former president of students’ union, Faizul Hassan, adding that his tweet had tarnished the image of the university. AGRA: A day after the police booked a Kashmiri student of Aligarh Muslim University Basim Hilal , for hailing the Pulwama attack that claimed lives of at least 40 CRPF jawans, another Kashmiri and former vice president of students’ union came out in his support and said that his tweet was “misinterpreted”.Talking to media, Former vice president of students’ union, Sajjad Subhan Rather , who is also Kashmiri, said that Hilal was wrongly booked by the police and university should not have suspended him without inquiring into the matter.He said, Hilal had raised questions over the attack in his tweet..