Celebrated historian Irfan Habib has said it’s “not a matter of pride” for Aligarh Muslim University that Prime Minister Narendra Modi would address the inaugural event of its centenary year celebrations as chief guest.
“There is no reason for AMU to boast of a PM’s participation. He represents Indian culture in a wrong manner. AMU is for scholars and not for those who believe in their own divisive culture,” the 89-year-old AMU professor emeritus told reporters in Aligarh on Monday.
Modi will address the event online on Tuesday. Several student groups at AMU have threatened to show him black flags because he “was not honest in checking the communal riots in Gujarat in 2002 when he was chief minister”.