Adityanath, however, chose to bring the nearly 100-year-old AMU back in focus. “I want to ask why Aligarh Muslim University doesn’t give quota in admission to SC/ST students. “Why have the Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party been silent on this issue?” the BJP leader asked. No AMU staff would come on record but a senior member of the varsity administration said Adityanath’s comments amounted to “contempt” of the Supreme Court, where a case is pending on the institute’s status. Allahabad High Court had in 2016 said AMU was not a minority institution.

Source: The Telegraph February 06, 2019 22:18 UTC