Bharatiya Janata Party %28bjp%29Leaderand Uttar PradeshMinisterS.p. Mauryasaid on Tuesday that the contribution of Pakistan's founder Muhammad Ali Jinnahbefore Partitioncannot be ignored.
Talking to media, Maurya said, "Jin maha-purushon ke yogdaan is rashtra ke nirmaan mein raha hai, yadi unn par koi ungli uthaata hai to ye ghatia baat hai. Desh Kebatwaare se pehle Jinnah ka yogdaan bhi iss desh mein tha (It is bad that fingers are being raised on people who have contributed to nation's development. Before the partition, even Jinnah had contributed to the nation)."
Maurya's view is in stark contrast to his fellow party man and MpSatish Gautam, who had sought an explanation from Aligarh Muslim University's Vice-chancellorover a portrait of Muhammad Ali Jinnahin the Students%27 Union Office Of The Amu
"I have heard a portrait of Muhammad Ali Jinnahis hung inside the campus. Kindly gather more details on this and give reasons behind it," the Aligarh Mpwrote in a letter to AMU Vice-chancellorTariq Mansoor
"The whole world knows that Jinnah was the main force behind the Partitionof India In this case, how logical is it to hang his portrait in the University?" the letter further reads.
Shafey Kidwai, PRO Aligarh, however, clarified that the administration had nothing to do with the portrait.
Kidwai told ANI, "In 1938, Muhammad Ali Jinnahcame to Aligarh Universityand he was given an honorary degree like many others by the union. The administration had nothing to do with it.
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