New Delhi: After facing strong protest from students and community leaders for indirectly praising Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, newly elected rector of Darul Uloom Deoband Maulana Mohammad Ghulam Vastanvi Tuesday offered to step down from the post reasoning that it would not be possible for him to work in the present circumstances.
Talking to TwoCircles.net, Maulana Abdul Khaliq Madrasi, Deputy Rector of Darul Uloom, confirmed it. “Yes, Maulana Vastanvi has decided to quit the post to put an end to the unrest at the seminary. He will formally place resignation before the members of Majlis-e-Shura (Governing Body) that will meet on 15th Feb. 2011. They will take the final decision whether Maulana would continue on the post or his resignation would be accepted” he said.
Deoband students
While the head of students’ union Maulvi Saad Jamil Bijnori termed the move misleading and a ploy to save his post. “We reject his offer to resign. He says if members of Shura ask him to quit, he would do that. Nothing is new in this. He has said this before. We are demanding unconditional resignation from him and the meeting of Majilis-e-Shura within 2-3 days to fulfill our demand: he told TCN.
“The announcement for resignation is also a trick from his side to turn the situation in his favor but we will not let him succeed. He offered the resignation but decided to call special meeting of the Shura on 15th February. This long period only for the situation to return to the normalcy at the seminary. Meantime he will convince the members of the Shura that all is well here. Consequently, they will ask him to continue his post” he added.
Maulana Mohammad Ghulam Vastanvi [Screen shot of a video from IBN news channel]
“Why did he not call meeting within 2-3 days despite we have been promised that? We are appealing to members of Majlis-e-Shura to take action in this regard this week itself otherwise situation may take ugly turn. Because agitating students are being harassed and propaganda is being spread that outsiders are protesting while truth is that except few, all students stand together against current Rector” he added.
Maulana Mohammad Ghulam Vastanvi was elected Rector of the biggest Islamic seminary on 10th Jan. 2011. But soon after his appointment the opposition began and his praising words for Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi just fueled the fire. On 23rd Jan. students held dharna demanding his ouster. However, Vastanvi tried to calm the matter by offering resignation on Tuesday.
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