Bhopal, July 26 -- Ms Razia Masood, a Bhopal-based Social Activist, has asserted that the move of the Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government to demolish 38 of the 40 buildings on the campus of Mohammad Ali Jauhar University in Rampur, including the university mosque under the pretext of "illegal construction," is one of the most sweeping misuse of power.

Ms Razia Masood said that tension gripped the Mohammad Ali Jauhar University campus and Rampur town as soon as the demolition notice was issued by Rampur Development Authority (RDA) Vice-Chairman Ajay Kumar Dwivedi on July 15. As soon as the notice was served, university students launched an indefinite sit-in protest at the institution's main gate, demanding its immediate withdrawa...