SP delegation to knock on Rampur DM’s door amid bulldozer threat to Jauhar University

A 28-member SP delegation, including 15 MLAs, will submit a memorandum to Rampur DM Ajay Kumar Dwivedi demanding a halt to the demolition of 38 buildings at Maulana Mohammad Ali Jauhar University.

The Rampur Development Authority ordered demolition of 38 of 40 buildings, alleging they were built without approved plans; only the medical college and one academic block have valid approvals.

The SP says the demolition order violates the Right to Education and will deprive thousands of poor, backward, and Dalit students of higher education.

The university challenges the order before the Moradabad commissioner, with a hearing scheduled for July 28.

SP chief Akhilesh Yadav previously joined a student protest in New Delhi, as the party takes up the Jauhar University issue as a student-centric campaign.