Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be the chief guest at the centenary celebration of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) on December 22. This was confirmed by AMU Vice-Chancellor Prof Tariq Mansoor on Thursday.
Besides, Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal would also accompany the prime minister.
Prof Mansoor also said that in the coming days, President Ram Nath Kovind would also pay a visit to the AMU to join the celebrations.
“The entire university campus has been illuminated and decorated with lights for the celebrations,” he said.
Meanwhile, AMU authorities appealed to the university’s fraternity, including students, to keep its centenary programme “above politics” as it announced that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had accepted an invitation to address the function on December 22.
In a letter to the staff, students and other members of AMU fraternity, Vice-Chancellor Tariq Mansoor appealed to them to keep the centenary programme above politics.