BJP event on AMU campus may lead to student unrest: V-C

Aligarh Muslim University Vice-Chancellor Zameerud-din Shah. File photo

A major controversy erupted on Friday over the BJP’s plan to celebrate the birth anniversary of Raja Mahendra Pratap Singh inside the Aligarh Muslim University campus, prompting the university Vice-Chancellor, Lt Gen (retd) Zameer Uddin Shah, to write to Union Human Resource Minister Smriti Irani stating his fears that the event may lead to a “massive student unrest”.

As the controversy brewed through the day, the BJP appeared to change its stance in the evening with Uttar Pradesh BJP chief Lakshmikant Bajpayee saying the party had nothing to do with the event.