MEERUT, July 23 -- The Samajwadi Party (SP) on Thursday backed the ongoing student protest against the proposed demolition of 38 buildings at Mohammad Ali Jauhar University, with Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in UP assembly Mata Prasad Pandey leading a delegation of around 25 MLAs and senior party leaders to the campus in Rampur.

Students have been staging an indefinite sit-in outside the main gate of the university founded by senior SP leader Azam Khan for the past six days, demanding that the Rampur Development Authority (RDA) withdraw its demolition order. The delegation met the demonstrators, heard their grievances, and assured them of the party's full support.

A large number of SP workers from Sambhal, Amroha, Moradabad, and nearb...