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The Saga of mismanagement continues!

We Demand Accountability:

Dharmendra Pradhan Must Resign!
Scrap NTA!

JOIN PROTEST: Mon, 1st June
3:00PM, Ministry of Education, Delhi

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Condemn the ED Raid on Pinarayi Vijayan, the former Chief Minister of Kerala
Stand up against Modi’s weaponisation of Government Agencies to silence opposition

Remembering Bashir Badr

Deeply saddened by the passing of renowned Urdu poet Bashir Badr, whose words gave voice to love, longing, pain, and humanity with simplicity and grace. Born in Ayodhya in 1935, educated at Aligarh Muslim University, and later settled in Bhopal after the 1987 Meerut riots, Bashir Badr transformed modern Urdu ghazal into a language of everyday emotion and collective memory.

His poetry crossed generations and borders, becoming part of popular culture, public life, and intimate conversations alike. From mushairas to cinema, from parliament speeches to radio programmes, his couplets remained alive in the hearts of millions.

With his passing at the age of 91, Urdu literature has lost one of its finest voices. But his verses will continue to illuminate lives for generations to come.

Rest in peace, Bashir Badr Sahab.

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R**e Convict Ram Rahim Gets his 16th Bail in 9 Years

Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, who is serving a 20-year sentence in the sexual assault case, was released from Sunaria Jail in Haryana on a 30-day parole granted by the state government, marking the self-styled godman’s 16th temporary release in last 9 years since his conviction in 2017. Convicted by a Special CBI court in Panchkula in August 2017 for ra**ng two women disciples inside the Dera headquarters at Sirsa, Ram Rahim has been serving his term at Sunaria Jail since then. The conviction had sparked widespread violence across Haryana and neighbouring states by his followers, resulting in dozens of deaths and hundreds of injuries.

Since his imprisonment, Ram Rahim has repeatedly secured parole and furlough under the Haryana Good Conduct Prisoners (Temporary Release) Act, 2022. According to prison records cited in media reports, the latest release takes the cumulative period spent outside prison to nearly 436 days.

His temporary releases include
• a one-day parole in October 2020,
• a 12-hour emergency release in May 2021 to visit his mother,
• 21 days in February 2022,
• 30 days in June 2022,
• 40 days in October 2022,
• 40 days in January 2023,
• 30 days in July 2023,
• 21 days in November 2023,
• 50 days in January 2024,
• 21 days in August 2024,
• 20 days in October 2024,
• 30 days in January 2025,
• 21 days in April 2025,
• 40 days in August 2025,
• 40 days in January 2026 and now 30 days in May 2026.

The parole follows a series of acquittals in other cases: the Punjab and Haryana High Court recently acquitted Ram Rahim in the murder of journalist Ramchandra Chhatrapati, whistleblower. He was also acquitted in the 2002 murder of former Dera manager Ranjit Singh.

Ram Rahim’s connection with BJP leaders is concealed to none. At a time when political dissenters, especially from the Muslim community, are routinely rounded up, incarcerated, and denied bail, the repeated granting of bail to this self-proclaimed godman once again exposes the blatant double standards of the BJP government.

(Abridged version of the News published in Maktoob Media on 26.5.2026)

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Today, on the 12th anniversary of her passing, AISA remembers Maya Angelou, as a revolutionary force who used her act of words and art for liberation and spanned her activism for civil rights, anti-colonialism, anti-racism, feminism, and prison reforms!

Her landmark memoir, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969), was a revolutionary act. It openly discussed her childhood r**e and subsequent mutism, courageously breaking a profound social taboo. By turning trauma into art, she gave countless survivors a language for their pain, transforming her memoir into a cornerstone of the anti-r**e movement. It became an international bestseller, proving that Black women’s stories were not just valid, but essential.

Her poetry remains a war cry for the oppressed. In "Still I Rise," her words are a thundering declaration of Black resilience. Her 1993 inaugural poem "On the Pulse of Morning" marked a historical renaissance for the genre.

*Khalid Saifi and Taslim Ahmad released on bail*

We congratulate Khalid Saifi and Tasleem Ahmad on their release on the six-month interim bail, granted by the Supreme Court of India.

Khalid and Tasleem were arrested after the North East Delhi pogrom that took place in February 2020. They were among the most visible faces of the anti-CAA protests that took place in Shaheen Bagh and multiple other places in Delhi and across India. It is to be noted that, while granting bail to Khalid and Tasleem, the court has referred the case to a larger bench for bail conditions in UAPA cases.

This is also a time to remember that a sizeable number of Muslim youth were selectively picked up by the Delhi Police and are still languishing in jail while their cases remain under trial. Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam from our campus are also languishing in jail, while their cases are under-trial. Salim Munna, another coaccused in the same case (FIR 59) got bail last week after staying in jail for 6 years.

Recently, while hearing another case, the apex court observed that “bail is the rule and jail is the exception” in our system. But why, then, are Muslim political activists being incarcerated and denied their rightful claim to bail? This depicts a telling story of the entrenched political targeting of Muslim youth in this country.

We demand immediate release of all the political prisoners. We once again congratulate Khalid and Tasleem on their bail!

*AISA*

Padma Shri for Dismantling JNU: BJP Rewards Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar

Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar, the Sanghi poster boy on a mission to saffronise and destroy progressive and egalitarian institutions one after another, has been rewarded by Modi’s BJP government with the Padma Shri, the fourth-highest civilian award of the country. Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar’s tenure as the Vice Chancellor of JNU will be remembered with contempt by generations of students for his systematic conspiracy to dismantle the university.

He was the one who, along with Saurabh Sharma, orchestrated the public trial of JNU after 9 February 2016. He was also the one who shielded Sanghi lumpens with complete impunity after Najeeb disappeared in October 2016, following a brutal assault by a gang of ABVP-affiliated goons.

He introduced massive seat cuts in MPhil and PhD programmesin 2017, effectively shutting the doors of higher education and research at JNU to thousands of students in the years that followed. He attempted to impose compulsory attendance in 2018 and was the mastermind behind the steep fee hike in JNU. When thousands of students mobilised to protest this massive fee hike, it was Mamidala’s administration that unleashed the ABVP on JNU students, leading to the wanton violence of 5 January 2020.

As Vice-Chancellor, he systematically destroyed democratic institutions within the university, including the Academic Council and Boards of Studies. He criminalised student voices demanding democratic rights and dismantled GSCASH at JNU. He will forever be remembered with contempt for shielding Atul Johri, a faculty member against whom more than eight women research scholars had filed complaints of sexual harassment.

Social Justice, Subject to Verification: In BJP’s Bengal Terms and Conditions Apply — AISA Statement Date 26.05.2026

*Condemn the Increasing Hindutva Police Violence on Muslims*

It is very clear that the primary form of anti-Muslim violence has changed in the past decade. Under Modi's BJP rule, which has been in power since 2014, violence against Muslims have increased. The earlier form of large scale communal riot has been replaced by targeted and localised attacks on individual Muslims, often caused by rumours over alleged cow slaughter or interfaith relationships, police shootings of protesters, and punitive home demolitions in Muslim localities. Such attacks involve explicit participation of state institutions like the police, local officials, and elected leaders, often blurring the line between state and non-state communal violence.

Even when large scale violence erupts like the 2020 East Delhi pogrom, the state comes down heavily against Muslim communities with mass arrests, home demolitions, arrests without trials. Such forms of communal violence is also funnelled through the organs of the state rather than in defiance of them.

*Sachar Commission’s Warnings*

_"Communal tension or any untoward incident in any part of the country is enough to make Muslims fear for their safety and security. The lackadaisical attitude of the government and the political mileage sought whenever communal riots occur has been very painful for the Community. The governmental inaction in bringing to book the perpetrators of communal violence has been a sore point. On the other hand, the police, along with the media, overplay the involvement of Muslims in violent activities and underplay the involvement of other groups or organizations."_

— Sachar Commission Report

एक ही संविधान के नीचे
भूख से रिरियाती हुई फैली हथेली का नाम
‘दया’ है
और भूख में
तनी हुई मुट्ठी का नाम नक्सलबाड़ी है।
-धूमिल

Today, May 25th 2026, marks the 58th anniversary of historic Naxalbari peasant uprising.
Salute to all the martyrs of Naxalbari, salute to the indomitable spirit of fight against oppression! ✊🏾✊🏾

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