Lucknow, July 28 -- Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Tuesday welcomed the decision to halt the demolition of buildings at the Mohammad Ali Jauhar University in Rampur, and urged the Uttar Pradesh government to adopt a policy of regularising educational institutions instead of razing them with bulldozers.

Taking to X, the former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister termed the halting of the Rampur Development Authority's action against 38 teaching buildings of the university--established by the family trust of Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Azam Khan--as an "appropriate" step. The demolition action had been initiated due to the absence of approved building maps and other required documents.

"The decision to halt the Rampur Development ...