LUCKNOW, July 28 -- Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee president Ajay Rai visited Maulana Mohammad Ali Jauhar University in Rampur on Tuesday and reiterated the party's support for jailed Samajwadi Party leader Mohammad Azam Khan and his family amid the row over the proposed demolition of university buildings.

Rai met students and teachers protesting at the university gate against the Rampur Development Authority's order to demolish 38 of the 40 buildings on the campus. The proposed demolition, however, is currently on hold after the Moradabad divisional commissioner on Monday stayed the RDA's July 15 order until the next hearing. Rai later met Azam Khan's wife and former MP, Tazeen Fatma, and assured her of the Congress party's support. ...