USP OF RAJA UNIV

The university, for which Rs101.41 crore has been allotted, will be spread over 92 acres in Lodha and Musepur Kareem Jarouli villages of Aligarh’s Kol tehsil. It will provide affiliation to 395 colleges of the Aligarh division.

Former PM AB Vajpayee, then as Jan Sangh leader, contested from Mathura. Raja Mahendra Pratap, however, lost the Mathura LS seat to Congress’ Choudhary Digambar Singh in 1962. He passed away in 1979. The then Janata Party govt issued a postal stamp in his honour.

With “abba jaan” remarks of UP CM Yogi Adityanath stoking a row, JD(U) President Lalan Singh said on Tuesday political parties should maintain “restraint” in their comments, asserting that the country belongs to everyone, be it Hindus, Muslims, Christians or any other community. “Terms like ‘unity in diversity’ are used for our country. The country belongs to all. No remarks should be made that harm the country,” Singh, a confidant of Bihar CM Nitish Kumar, told reporters when asked for his reaction to the BJP leader’s comments. In this context, he took a swipe at JMM leader and Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren for his remarks allegedly aimed at Bhojpuri and Magahi-speaking people of the state. Everybody has a right to settle in whichever part of the country they like, he said.

Jo nafrat kare, woh yogi kaisa! (What kind of a Yogi propagates hate).

— RAHUL GANDHI

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