New Delhi (NVI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the centenary celebrations of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) tomorrow via video link. He will also release a postal stamp during the event.
Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank and Chancellor of the University Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin will also be present on the occasion, according to a statement by the Prime Minister’s Office.
The AMU administration had on December 16 announced that PM Modi will be the Chief-Guest of the event and confirmed his e-participation.
However, a section of students and alumni of the Aligarh Muslim University has opposed the invitation sent by the varsity’s Vice Chancellor to PM for the event.
Even as the senior faculty members, including the VC Prof. Tariq Masood, have urged all to rise above politics, the students and alumni are adamant over their demands i.e., to withdraw the invitation sent to PM Modi.
AMU Teachers’ Association (AMUTA) has said that it hopes PM Modi’s presence will help in the quantum jump in the overall autonomy and development of the institution.
AMU became a University in 1920, through an Act of Indian Legislative Council by elevating the Mohammedan Anglo-Oriental (MAO) College to the status of a Central University. MAO College was set up in 1877 by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, the PMO said in a release.
-ARK
