70 SOCIAL SCIENTIST encouraging personal abouse and violence against democratic-minded teachers and students as well as Employees Union functionaries. In one incident the Minister of Education was himself directly involved, appointing the assailant as his own first Personal Assistant. At the moment of writing the Muslim Majlis, the Muslim League and other Muslim communal organisations are feverishly trying to intensify their agitation. In U P, at least, the police are preparing to deal with the agitation by repressive measures. While upholding the democratic right of any section of citizens to demonstrate or protest, no genuine left party can support this communal agitation. The task is to explain to the Muslim masses that this is really a diversionary tactic to divide the people. It has also nothing to do with safe-guarding of their real interests and rights as a minority. The weakness of the democtatic movement must be recognised in that it has not effectively raised the really important grievances of Muslims about employment, education and Urdu, independently of the communal organisations. So long as this is not done, the influence of the communalist leadership would be hard to break. At the same time, the anti-democratic nature of the new bill should also be exposed. It is likely that forthcoming bills for the Delhi and Banaras Universities would be similarly framed, and the pattern would then be set for other Universities. An effort should be made by the teachers9 organisations, non-teaching employees5 associations and students' unions to resist these undemocratic measures and compel the Government to introduce real reforms, not only in Aligarh, but in every other university as well. (This communication has been received from Aligarh Study Centre, Sahib Bag, Aligarh.)