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Congress government in 1981 attempted to make AMU a minority institution: Solicitor general Tushar Mehta

Solicitor general Tushar Mehta told the Supreme Court that even the Indira Gandhi government, which amended the Aligarh Muslim University Act in 1981, refused to hand over administration to the minority community.


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