Senior Indian advocate interacts with AMUOBA Riyadh

[gallery td_select_gallery_slide="slide" size="medium" td_gallery_title_input="Senior Indian advocate interacts with AMUOBA Riyadh" ids="120281,120280,120279"] By Mir Mohsin Ali RIYADH — The former Vice President of Aligarh Muslim University Students Union and currently a senior advocate in the Supreme Court of India, Ejaz Maqbool was accorded a warm reception by the Alumni of his institution AMUOBA Riyadh at Red Onion Restaurant. A large number of AMU alumni, specially the young alumni and many non-Alig luminaries of the Indian community, attended. The function started with the recitation of verses from the Holy Qur’an by the executive member of AMUOBA Riyadh, Dr. Abdul Ahad Chowdhary. The president of AMUOBA Riyadh Suhail Ahmad in his welcome address gave a brief introduction of Chief Guest Ejaz Maqbool, and how he was active during his study days at AMU. How he was elected as the Vice President of the Students Union and academically also he was a sound student. Besides, he also mentioned about the major achievements of AMUOBA Riyadh and the salient constructive activities in which the alumni are involved including social activities for the well-being of the communities of Indian Diaspora. Ejaz Maqbool during his interactive session with the audience recalled some of his fond memories with his alma mater and spoke about the legal issues of AMU Minority Character pending in Supreme Court. He was optimistic for justice being accorded about the minority case. He, however, insisted that the bench of Supreme Court that will hear the case must comprise of seven judges instead of five. Answering one of the queries by a senior alumnus about the unauthorized encroachment by unwanted people on the house that is the birth place of the founder of AMU, Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, in Delhi, he assured that he will look into the matter seriously. He said he would file a petition to recover it so that it can be converted into a museum cum library by the AMU administration. Regarding the current political electoral situation in Uttar Pradesh, he could not predict the outcome elaborately. However, he hoped for a better performance of Akhilesh Yadav due to alliance between Congress and Samajwadi Party. Maqbool was applauded unanimously for being a true Aligarian working selflessly for the good cause of the community in general and for the good causes of AMU in particular. The program was anchored by the Vice President Salman Khalid and the vote of thanks was delivered by the General Secretary Arshad Ali Khan.