AMU Women’s College students ask Education Minister to reinstate voting rights; university denies disenfranchisement
Students say the exclusion of undergraduate women from the November 5 AMUSU election is a question of equal representation, while the university says all of them will vote in the Women’s College union election the same day
A group of students from Aligarh Muslim University's Women's College have reached out to Union Education Minister Pralhad Joshi, asking for his assistance in allowing them to vote in the upcoming Students’ Union election scheduled for November 5, 2026. According to The Hindu, over 4,000 women students at the AMU's Women's College are currently denied voting rights in the Aligarh Muslim University Students’ Union (AMUSU) elections, sparking concerns over gender discrimination and unequal representation.
The AMU has denied any disenfranchisement, stating that these students are enrolled in departments on the main campus and will vote in their own college-level elections. The students have written a letter to Joshi, Education Minister Jayant Chowdhury, Higher Education Secretary Deepti Gaur Mukerjee, and Additional Secretary Anandrao V. Patil, expressing their concerns over the exclusion from the AMUSU elections and demanding equal representation and electoral rights for undergraduate women students.
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