INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Authors: TheIndianSubcontinent News Agency
Indian lawmaker wants portrait of Quaid-e-Azam removed from Aligarh
Muslim UniversityNew Delhi: A lawmaker from India's ruling party demanded Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) remove portrait of Pakistan's
founding father installed in the Students Union office.In letter addressed to the Aligarh Muslim University V-C Tariq Mansoor, BJP MP Satish
Gautam said, "It is fine if Jinnah has been revered in Pakistan after Partition
university.According to university officials, the portrait was installed in 1938 before Partition, at the peak of Muslim League campaign for
AMU has many things from the pre-Partition era like the Victoria Gate
of eminence with life membership
AMU first conferred it on Mahatma Gandhi in 1920 and on Jinnah in 1938," AMU spokesman Omar Peerzada told a news channel.
