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AMU-Jinnah portrait row: Exams delayed, alumni body seeks probe; 10 updates

The issue began on May 1, 2018, when a BJP MP Satish Gautam asked to Aligarh Muslim University to explain why it displays a portrait of Muhammad Ali Jinnah

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Aligarh Muslim University students stage a protest over Jinnah portrait issue in Aligarh on Friday

BS Web Team New Delhi
The simmering discontent triggered by the demand for removing a portrait of Mohammad Ali Jinnah from a hall, has now blown up into a full-scale confrontation between Hindutva elements and the agitating students of the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU). Condemning the violence on the Aligarh Muslim University campus, the Delhi chapter of the AMU Old Boys Association (AMUOBA) has demanded a time-bound judicial inquiry and immediate arrest of persons involved in the May 2 incident.

In a meeting held in New Delhi on Monday, the Delhi chapter of the alumni association also passed a resolution, to be submitted to President Ram