India, July 27 -- Currently, a sit-in is going on in front of Jauhar University in Rampur. Azam Khan, a member of the Samajwadi Party who is in jail at present, is the chairman of the trust running the University. Students are sitting in to oppose the notice of the Rampur Development Authority (RDA), which has asked for 38 of the forty buildings of the University to be demolished. This will be tantamount to the closure of the University.

As per The Indian Express (July 20, 2026), Mehroza Khan, a law student at the University, said, "Our career and future are at stake. We have decided to stage this sit-in because we want the Government to reconsider its decision to demolish the University. We would not be able to continue our studies els...