SP MLA Zafar Alam seeks UP CM's intervention on proposed BJP protest

ALIGARH: In a letter to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minsiter Akhilesh Yadav, a Samajwadi Party leader has expressed serious concern over repercussions of the proposed protest by BJP at Aligarh Muslim University campus.

The protest centers around a controversy brewed over the birth anniversary celebrations of Raja Mahendra Pratap.

The protest, scheduled for December 1, is 'just a ruse to whip communal feelings up' on the pretext of 'seeking due acknowledgement for the contribution to AMU by noted freedom fighter -- the late Raja Mahendra Pratap', City MLA Zafar Alam said in a letter to the CM.

Alam said the issue whether the late Raja, who was an alumnus of the Aligarh Muslim University, had donated any piece of land to AMU or it had been leased out to the university can be settled in court if needed, but the manner in which BJP is raising it with 'communal undertones' is not justified.

He appealed to the Chief Minister to direct the authorities to take 'all necessary precautionary steps to ensure that no one is allowed to take advantage of this controversy'.