Meerut, July 17 -- A controversy escalated on Thursday a day after the Rampur Development Authority (RDA) ordered demolition proceedings against 38 buildings at Maulana Mohammad Ali Jauhar University-the dream project of former Uttar Pradesh minister and jailed senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan. Political voices denounced the move while the fate of nearly 3,000 students of the university hung in the balance as the institution confronted what is arguably the gravest crisis in its history. Faced with demolition notices covering the overwhelming majority of its campus, fresh legal action over alleged fire safety violations, and the escalating political confrontation, the university now finds itself fighting for its very existence. As a political storm brewed, the opposition parties-Samajwadi Party and Congress- attacked the government, while the ruling BJP counter-attacked the Opposition over the demolition issue. At the centre of the controversy is the RDA's claim that of the university's 40 buildings, only two possess legally approved construction maps, while the remaining 38 have been declared unauthorised and are liable for demolition.P3...