The Vice-Chancellor also says the portrait of the Pakistan founder had been hanging in the AMU students' union office since 1938 and it was a non-issue
Amid the row over Mohammed Ali Jinnah's portrait on the varsity campus, Aligarh Muslim University Vice-Chancellor Tariq Mansoor met Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday, calling the controversy a non-issue.
Even though Mansoor played down the visit with the Home Minister saying that there was no connection with the ongoing controversy, officials said the minister assured him all help from the Central government in restoring normalcy in the university.
"I have requested the Home Minister to send Central government officials for the recruitment of students in central services like the engineering service," he said.
The Vice-Chancellor also said the portrait of the Pakistan founder had been hanging in the AMU students' union office since 1938 and it was a non-issue.
BJP MP Satish Gautam had written a letter to Mansoor objecting to the portrait.
This was followed by protests and violence at the university.
The V-C has urged students on a sit-in protest over the issue to get back to their studies.
In an open letter, he said, "not to fall into the trap of certain forces which are bent upon destroying the image of our alma mater and are playing with your bright future."
The university has formed a 16-member coordination committee of senior faculty members to talk with the protesting students.
Several AMU students are on an indefinite 'dharna' after a clash with the police on May 2 when they were demanding action against right-wing protesters who had entered the campus, shouting slogans.
They want a judicial probe into the "police inaction" and the manner in which the row erupted after the BJP MP objected to the portrait.
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