AMU row: Tear down Jinnah's portrait, says Muslim Mahasangh chief; updates

The issue began on May 1, 2018, when a BJP MP Satish Gautam asked to Aligarh Muslim University to explain why it displays a portrait of Muhammad Ali Jinnah

The simmering discontent triggered by the demand for removing a portrait of Mohammad Ali Jinnah from a hall, has now blown up into a full-scale confrontation between Hindutva elements and the agitating students of the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU).

Internet services were on Friday suspended at Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and section 144 was imposed in the town amid high tension over the controversy that arose earlier this week on the portrait of Muhammad Ali Jinnah that has been hanging on a wall in the students union's office for decades.

The Jinnah portrait issue was reportedly raked on May 1, 2018, when