The protest centers around a controversy brewed over the birth anniversary celebrations of Raja Mahendra Pratap.
The protest, scheduled for December 1, is "just a ruse to whip communal feelings up" on the pretext of "seeking due acknowledgement for the contribution to AMU by noted freedom fighter - the late Raja Mahendra Pratap", City MLA Zafar Alam said in a letter to the CM.
Alam said the issue whether the late Raja, who was an alumnus of the Aligarh Muslim University, had "donated any piece of land to AMU or it had been leased out to the university can be settled in court if needed, but the manner in which BJP is raising it with "communal undertones" is not justified.