Moradabad, July 27 (IANS) In a big relief to Mohammad Ali Jauhar University, founded by Samajwadi Party leader and former MP Azam Khan, the Uttar Pradesh government’s Divisional Commissioner has stayed, for now, the demolition order issued against 38 campus buildings by the District Magistrate of Rampur, an official said on Monday. The Divisional Commissioner has directed the Rampur district administration to maintain status quo till the next hearing, thus putting the brakes on bulldozers head…
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Lucknow, July 21 (IANS) With the ‘demolition deadline’ approaching for the Mohammad Ali Jauhar University in Rampur, the Samajwadi Party (SP) leaders and workers have intensified their protests across the state against the government’s ‘malicious and vindictive’ move.A group of SP leaders and workers hit the streets in Ayodhya on Tuesday, raising their objection to the Rampur Development Authority’s order to demolish 38 out of 40 buildings, allegedly raised without approved sanctione…
Lucknow, July 20 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Minister, Om Prakash Rajbhar, on Monday launched a sharp attack on Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav over his remarks on demolition action against illegal construction at Mohammad Ali Jauhar University in Rampur, alleging that the latter himself wanted jailed SP leader Azam Khan to be “ruined”. Speaking to IANS on Akhilesh Yadav’s criticism of the “bulldozer action” against the university, Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP) chief Rajbhar questione…
Rampur (Uttar Pradesh), July 18 (IANS) In a setback to jailed Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan, the MP-MLA Special Court (Sessions Trial) here on Saturday rejected his appeal against a two-year sentence awarded by a lower court for his objectionable remark against a district magistrate in 2019. After the court’s decision to uphold the sentence awarded to the SP leader, Prosecution Officer Seema Rana said, “An appeal was filed in the court of the Special Judge (MP-MLA/Sessions Court) Vijay Kuma…
Lucknow, July 17 (IANS) The proposed demolition of 38 out of 40 buildings inside the sprawling Jauhar University in Rampur has triggered war of words, with the Congress calling it a ‘diversionary tactic’ and ‘face saver’ attempt by the state government, in light of ignominy arising out of Ram Temple donation theft. Uttar Pradesh Congress committee (UPCC) Chief Ajay Rai speaking to media on Friday, said that the proposed plan to flatten the University, founded by the Samajwadi Party (SP) leader A…
New Delhi, July 17 (IANS) The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) on Friday asked the Uttar Pradesh government and the Rampur Development Authority (RDA) to withdraw demolition notices issued against 38 buildings of Mohammad Ali Jauhar University founded by Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan, describing the action as vindictive and unjust. Condemning the demolition notices issued to the University founded by the jailed leader, the AIMPLB asked the authorities to resolve the legal or techn…
New Delhi, July 17 (IANS) Muslim religious leaders on Friday criticised the likely demolition of the Jauhar University after it was served a notice by the Rampur District Administration, saying that bulldozer action would be a “stain” on the Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government.The row over Rampur’s Maulana Mohammad Ali Jauhar University erupted on Wednesday after the Rampur District Administration issued a demolition order against 38 out of 40 structures in the universi…
Lucknow, July 16 (IANS) The demolition notice to Jauhar University by the Rampur District Administration (RDA) has triggered criticism from Asaduddin Owaisi-led All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM), which accused the ruling BJP-led dispensation and also the Samajwadi Party supremo Akhilesh Yadav of acting in collusion to bring down the minority institution.“Samajwadi Party government left a loophole during its construction and using that as a premise, the current BJP dispensation is …
Lucknow, July 16 (IANS) A political controversy has erupted after the Rampur Development Authority (RDA) ordered the demolition of 38 out of 40 buildings at Mohammad Ali Jauhar University in Uttar Pradesh, saying that the structures were constructed without obtaining approval from the competent authority. While the Uttar Pradesh government defended the action as being in accordance with the law, the Samajwadi Party (SP) accused the BJP government of acting with political vendetta.The RDA has dir…
Lucknow, May 29 (IANS) Abdullah Azam, the son of senior Samajwadi Party (SP) Azam Khan, got a major relief in the two-passport case on Friday. A special MP/MLA court in Rampur overturned his seven-year sentencing by the trial court in the fake passport case; however, the former MLA is unlikely to walk free because of other pending cases. Azam Khan, a former minister in the Uttar Pradesh government and his son, Abdullah Azam, are currently lodged in a Rampur jail. Abdullah came under police scann…