Congress President and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi will
visit Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) on February 16 and make a convocation
speech. Sonia Gandhi was invited in her capacity as the UPA Chairperson, which
she has accepted. She will be welcomed with pomp and pageantry, with
horse-mounted students as escorts.
Analysts say Sonia Gandhi’s Aligarh trip would be keenly
watched by Muslims. The AMU is the alma mater of many Muslim elites and a
political nerve-centre. India’s vice-president Hamid Ansari pursued an MA in
political science and also earned his doctorate there.
Muslim educator Sir Sayyed Ahmad Khan had founded the
Aligarh Muslim University (then Anglo-Mohammedan Oriental College) after
returning from Oxford in 1875. He remains an icon of education for Muslims.
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