PM to lay foundation stone of university named after noted Jat figure in Aligarh

New Delhi

This will be followed by an address, and he will also visit the exhibition models of the Aligarh node of the Uttar Pradesh Defence Industrial Corridor and university, the PMO said. It said the university is being established by the state government in the memory and honour of Raja Mahendra Pratap Singh, a freedom fighter, educationist and social reformer. The university is being set up in an area 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, the PMO said. The government’s decision to set up university after the noted Jat figure is being politically seen as part of the ruling BJP’s bid to win over the community ahead of crucial Assembly polls in the state.