Aligarh Muslim University former vice-chancellor Tariq Mansoor - Why importance in BJP?

S Venkateshwari
Former Vice Chancellor of aligarh Muslim university professor Tariq Mansoor has been given much importance. The background behind him being given two posts in a short span of time has come to light.
Aligarh Muslim university is a legendary educational institution in aligarh, Uttar Pradesh. Here, seeds are sown for most of the important decisions of the Muslims of the northern states.
The reason for this is that the institute is highly respected among Muslims. In this context, aligarh Muslim University's Vice-Chancellor Tariq Mansoor suddenly resigned from his post on May 15.
Along with this, he had also given a statement that he was doing social work with the BJP. A few days after this, Dr. Tareeku was made a member of the Upper house of UP on behalf of the BJP. In the third month of this, he has again been given the post of vice-president in the BJP's national executive committee. There are various reasons behind this importance.
Tariq, a professor of medicine at the university's jawaharlal nehru Medical College, hails from Aligarh. Known for its religious riots, the city gained prominence in UP.
Ever since he became the Vice-Chancellor of aligarh university, there have been complaints that professor Tariq has become a puppet of the central government. students of his university staged the first continuous protest in the country against the National Citizenship Act.
This protest spread vigorously in other educational institutions of the country. Thus, to end the protest, the students were caned in the riots that ensued. Normally, the police are not allowed to enter the premises. Subsequently, Vice-Chancellor Tariq had given permission to the police to enter the university campus and oppress the students.
There were complaints that police raided students' hostels and resorted to violence. aligarh Muslim university data-faced strong opposition to the new education policy introduced by the central government in 2022.
There was also opposition to the Common Entrance Test for junior education at the national level. However, Vice-Chancellor Tariq has led to the implementation of both of these slowly. murali Manohar Joshi, who was the education minister in prime minister Vajpayee's regime, was once invited.
The students protested strongly by standing at the entrance gate and not allowing him to enter the campus. Due to this, Union minister Joshi had to go back. This opposition was also attempted to be overcome when online courses were held during the Corona pandemic. prime minister Narendra Modi and several Union Ministers addressed the virtual meetings led by Vice Chancellor Tariq.
UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath was also present at a function at its medical college. Vice-Chancellor Tariq also had people with anti-university policies to speak in many seminars.
All this was said to have been done by Vice Chancellor Tariq at the behest of the bjp and its parent organization RSS. Due to this, there was a talk that he is a bjp supporter. But actually Vice Chancellor Tariq resigned before the end of his term and joined BJP. He is currently given the post of National Vice President along with UP MLC.
Victory in Muslim constituencies The bjp had won for the first time in the Azamgarh and Rampur by-elections held last year. Both are Muslim-majority constituencies.
BJP's transformation: After this victory, UP There has been a major change in the functioning of the BJP. Muslim votes were targeted like never before at the national level.
Basmantha Muslim: Prof. Tariq belongs to the Basmantha Muslim sect, who plays a prominent role among them. Thus, UP presented him. The bjp is conducting a Basmantha Muslim rally throughout.
Friend of Modi: Prominent Muslims in UP are selected and given 'Friend of Modi' certificates. professor Tariq also gives strength to bjp in these events.
Support for Common Civil Law: The bjp hopes that professor Tariq will be of great help in the implementation of the Common Civil Law by the Union government of UP. Because the bjp thinks that if a Muslim speaks through him, the General Civil Code will get support from the Muslim community as well.
Kerala governor Arif Mohammad Khan: Similarly, this is not the first time aligarh Muslim university has supported the BJP. Arif Mohammed Khan, who came to politics earlier as the president of the university's student council, has also been appointed as the governor of kerala under the bjp regime.

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