Mehbooba urges people to save Jauhar University from demolition

PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday said the proposed demolition of Mohammad Ali Jauhar University in Uttar Pradesh’s Rampur would be a grave injustice to students and urged people to come together to save it.

The Rampur Development Authority (RDA) has ordered the demolition of 38 buildings at Mohammad Ali Jauhar University, founded by jailed Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan, saying they were constructed without approval of the building



plan.

The university argued that the area was outside the RDA’s jurisdiction when the buildings were constructed, a contention rejected by the authority.

“Bulldozing Jauhar University is a grave injustice to thousands of students, especially those from economically weaker sections. Yet another vindictive action by the Yogi government against an institution thats provided quality education to all without discrimination of caste, creed or religion,” Mufti said in a post on X.