New Delhi, March 3: The violence in Delhi University is representative of the sentiments prevailing in universities across the nation. After the year 2015 was spent debating diminishing tolerance in Indian society as far as national narrative is concerned, the year 2016 saw the introduction of the nationalists vs the anti-nationals debate that started with allegedly anti-country sloganeering in the Jawahar Lal Nehru University campus.
Category: Aligarh, India
Amid UP assembly elections, Aligarh Muslim University continues to search for a voice
In poll-bound Uttar Pradesh, students of Aligarh Muslim University discuss politics sipping evening tea with snacks inside a small hostel room. On asking whether AMU has produced significant voices over the years in the political arena, the discussion bounces off from names such as former Union Minister Arif Mohammed Khan to Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan.
Political parties have united against me because I have been tightening screws, says PM Modi
Launching a fresh attack on the Opposition, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that his strict against corruption has angered other political parties. “Parties are angry with me as I am tightening screws on wrong doers,” said Modi at a BJP rally in Aligarh, days ahead of the first phase of elections in Utttar Pradesh.
BSP’s major minority problem: Few known Muslim campaigners
Party chief Mayawati has been trying hard to forge a Dalit-Muslim combination in support of the BSP. Despite fielding 99 Muslim candidates -a record high for the party – and basing its gameplan to a large extent on the Dalit-Muslim plank, the BSP does not have many popular Muslim faces to take on the heavyweights campaigning, and contesting, for its rivals, especially in the Samajwadi Party -Congress alliance.