An effigy of the Vice Chancellor of AMU was burnt when he refused to meet BJP Minority Morcha National President Jamal Siddiqui, who came to take out the Tricolour yatra in Muslim areas of the city under the 'Har Ghar Tiranga' campaign. It is alleged that they had gone to present the Tricolour to him, but the Vice-Chancellor refused to meet. In the evening, BJP workers burnt an effigy of the Vice-Chancellor, accusing him of insulting the Tricolour, in protest against the incident which was circulated on social media.
It happened that Jamal Siddiqui, the national president of the Minority Front, reached Aligarh in the morning. He took out a Tricolour yatra in the Muslim areas of the old city along with BJP metropolitan president Vivek Saraswat, Minority Front President Imran Saifi etc. Earlier, he had sought time on his behalf to meet the AMU V-C in writing. After the yatra, he reached AMU and sent information to meet Vice Chancellor Prof. Tariq Mansoor. He told that they want to present the tricolor under the tricolor campaign to every household. It is alleged that he did not give time to meet and due to this the national president and other local officials returned. The incident caught on social media following which the workers led by BJP Metropolitan Minister Sanju Bajaj burnt the effigy of the Vice-Chancellor at Baradwari intersection.
During this, Sanju Bajaj alleged that the Vice-Chancellor refused to meet saying that there is no time for extravagant work. This is a sign of his anti-national policy. Raising anti-VC slogans here, BJP workers asked the Vice Chancellor to apologize to the country.
Together they raised their voice to file a case. Dozens of workers including Mandal President Sanjay Sharma, Imran Saifi, Ajay Gupta, Rakesh Sahai, Rahul Chetan, Rajkumar, Karan Mahour, Ravi, Neeraj, Chandramohan, Bhura, Manoj, Rahul Mahour, Sagar Mahour were present on this occasion.
Here, Proctor Prof. Wasim Ali declined to comment. At the same time, AMU PRO did not pick up the phone.
Former media advisor of Aligarh Muslim University, Dr. Jasim Mohammad said that the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Tariq Mansoor disrespected and insulted the tricolor. For this he should apologize in writing to the country. The Ministry of Education should set up an inquiry in this matter. He said that BJP Minority Morcha National President Dr. Jamal Siddiqui had come to AMU as part of the program to present the tricolor across the country, it was welcomed by the AMU fraternity, but AMU Vice Chancellor Tariq Mansoor did not give the time to collect the tricolor and it was an insult.