Name: Rift with AMU nears its end, BJP calls-off protest over proposed event
Uploaded: 2014-11-29T14:34:42+05:30
Description: The AMU Vice Chancellor had written to the HRD ministry warning that the celebrations on December 1 could lead to massive student unrest.

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Aligarh: The stand-off between the Aligarh Muslim University and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) seems to be ending. The BJP has relented and decided to call off the protest it had planned at the university gates after the Vice Chancellor Zameeruddin Shah gave his nod to hold a seminar of Raja Mahendra Pratap. 
 
"The VC has agreed to do a seminar. We are satisfied with it and have decided not to hold a protest outside the campus, we will hold celebrations near the statue," BJP MP Satish Gautam said. 
 
The AMU Vice Chancellor had earlier, made it clear that he would not be arm-twisted. He had written to the Human Resource Development (HRD) ministry warning that the celebrations on December 1 could lead to "massive student unrest" and had raised a possibility of a communal flare up. 
 
A row had broke out over the birth anniversary celebrations of 'jat leader' Raja Mahendra Pratap - a freedom fighter who donated land for the University Campus. BJP has been alleging that the university is not giving due respect to the Jat leader. However, the VC had said, "there are hundreds of donors, we can't go on celebrating days of donors." 
 
A resurgent BJP in Uttar Pradesh is looking at the AMU as the last bastion to conquer before the big 2017 state elections. 
 
Political war game has begun, with other parties accusing the BJP of politicising the issue. BSP Chief Mayawati accused the BJP of trying to spread communal tension while a local SP MLA Zafar Alam voiced "serious concern" over likely repercussions of the rally. NCP leader Tariq Anwar also accused the BJP of trying to worsen the communal atmosphere in UP. 
 
The BJP, though rubbished allegations that it is politicising the issue to gain Jat votes and maintained that their efforts were only to honour a leader.

Rift with AMU nears its end, BJP calls-off protest over proposed event

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The AMU Vice Chancellor had written to the HRD ministry warning that the celebrations on December 1 could lead to massive student unrest. 

Rift with AMU nears its end, BJP calls-off protest over proposed event

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