Government yields to fasting Varun Arya, Director AIM Government of Rajasthan Yields to Fasting Varun Arya, Director AIM finally approved Land Use Change of barren land purchased by Aravali Institute of Management for Education purpose on sixth day of fast – after 150 hours of fasting even as his BP dropped to 90 and was refusing medical treatment. He began the fast on 12th at 10 AM at Jantar Mantar and received the approval on 18th at 6PM. Varun Arya dreamt of building an Institute at par with IIT or IIM in Jodhpur with indigenous efforts since 1999 and was encountering bureaucratic challenges. AIM couldn’t afford a 100 acre plot near Jodhpur so he purchased barren land 50 km away from Jodhpur and introduced rain water harvesting and made it fit for building world class institute. But for more than two years he was battling with bureaucracy for the conversion and has paid Rs.60 lakh as conversion charges on March31, 2009. But after sic months GoR returned the cheque. Two hours a social worker and aid of Rahul Gandhi came to enquire about the case and in three hours letter of approval was delivered to fasting Varun Arya. His fight against corruption on Gandhian principles finally succeeded.

Satyameva Jayate (satyam-eva jayate सत्यमेव जयते)

The CM has agreed to all our demands.. And he has called Arya Sir nd students tomorrow to meet and discuss

Rajasthan Against Corruption

Ongoing fast which started on April 13, 2011, has already completed its sixth day of struggle, the fight started by the Prof. Varun Arya and his faculty members and students had got support from all over renowned personalities like former Chief Justice of Kolkata High Court Mr. D.S. Tevatia, Mr. B. R. Lal, Member of Transparency International India( Former DG , Haryana) former Joint Director CBI author of books Financial Terrorism.

Mr. Arvind Kejrival of “India against corruption” given statement in support of Aravali Institute of Management stated that “The work which Mr. Varun Arya (Director of Aravali Institute of Management) is doing is absolutely genuine and his war against corruption is commendable. I am in full support of this cause as this cause is not personal but such things are happening not only in Rajasthan but across India. Hope it will ignite the fire in others against corruption. The information has came from sources that a large amount of money (200000 crore approx according to “Financial Terrorism”) is taken as bribe per year by various revenue/CM’s and others for land use conversion which is totally illegal.”

On 17^th April 2011 in evening Mr. B.R. Lall (Ex DGP of Haryana & activist), Justice Debi Singh Tewatia (Ex chief justice of Calcutta high court), Sunita Godara (Asian Marathon champion), Mr. Dalbir Singh Godara (Fitness scientist) & Mr. Vijay Saluja (Ex President IIT Delhi) did a meeting with Prof. Varun Arya and understood the problem, after discussion they come up with decision to make “Citizen’s Commission” which will comprises of former high court judges, former senior government officials, social activist & professional educationist. This commission will conduct enquiry against Rajasthan government & government officials to find out the reason behind non conversion of land use (CLU).

Students of Aravali Institute of Management also met Shri Anna Hazare at Maharashtra Bhawan where students explained about problem of institute to Shri Anna Hazare. Shir Anna Hazare stated that they will look upon this matter and respond it.

The Rajasthan government still not given any reaction regarding to this problem.

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DU students to fast for change

Date: 2011-04-14 Place: Delhi

The Delhi University Students' Union (DUSU) has asked the University administration to rectify the inherent flaws in its new admission process. The Union has put forward a list of demands which they claim can help solve such problems and have said they would go on 'fast unto death' if their demands are not met. The student leaders want the University to provide forms online in the new admission process, increase number of seats in all colleges, decentralised sports quota admissions, and return DUSU's office to it. "We have made these demands in a formal letter submitted to both the VC and the Proctor's office. If these demands are not met latest by April 18, we will go on an indefinite hunger strike," said Jitender Chaudhry, DUSU president. Inspired by anna On Wednesday, a group of IIT alumni from Rajasthan sat on a hunger strike at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi. The group is led by Varun Arya, an alumnus of IIT Delhi. In 1999, Arya had decided to set up an educational institute under Marwar Education Foundation (MEF) in Rajasthan. For this, the Foundation decided to purchase 94.4 acre of land. Though they say they have made the payment for the same, the state government has still not allocated the land to them. "We are on an indefinite strike since morning to fight against the corruption. The government has told us they want 40 percent of the land for their official use. But we have refused to accept it," said Arya.

Fifty-one-year-old Varun Arya along with his wife and students of Aravali Institute of Management in Rajasthan has been fasting at Jantar Mantar here since Wednesday to save the institute from closure.

Mr. Arya, who runs the institute, is awaiting conversion of the land, on which a permanent campus is to be built, for use from agricultural to educational purposes. The institute is at present operating from rented buildings and “faces closure by July unless it moves to a permanent location”, says Mr. Arya.

Mr. Arya, who has been trying to get the Rajasthan Government to convert the land use, claims that he has not succeeded as he is unwilling to pay a “bribe”. Efforts frustrated, Mr. Arya decided to fast at Jantar Mantar in a bid to “bring the national spotlight on the issue”. The institute is under the Marwar Education Foundation. An IIT-Delhi and IIM-Ahmedabad graduate, Mr. Arya, who belongs to Rajasthan, said he was invited by the State Government to do something for Rajasthan. “I quit my comfortable job and returned to Rajasthan to build an educational institute. I purchased a barren piece of land since there were insufficient funds,” said Mr. Arya, adding that he had transformed the barren land completely by adding several lakes and trees.

“For conversion, I paid the necessary charges but still the government did not convert the land. There have been attempts to arm-twist me and unsavoury tactics have also been used,” he said.

Over 2,000 individuals, including IIM and IIT alumni, have signed a petition asking for conversion of the land.