Mohammad Ali Jinnah
"It is a part of history and no one can change it", said Khan, the former pro-vice chancellor of Ignou and former president of AMU Students' Union.
According to the university, Jinnah's portrait had been there for decades since he was a founder member of the university court and had been given life membership of the union 80 years ago.
The matter grabbed headlines first after Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Aligarh MP Satish Gautam questioned the portrait's presence in the office.
"The row over the picture's display on the demand of a member of the incumbent government indicates the growing intolerance, xenophobia and prejudice especially against Muslims and Pakistan in India and is very unsafe, most of all for India itself", he said. "He was the founder member of the University Court in 1920 and also a donor", the spokesman said.
"I have told the leaders of the AMU Students Union that they should not make such baseless allegations", he said. MP Savitri Bai Phule making a remark on Jinnah said Muhammad Ali Jinnah was a "mahapurush (great man)" who contributed to India's freedom struggle.
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Asked if Jinnah was a "mahapurush", she replied, "He was, is, and will always remain a great person".
Activists of Hindutva organisations on the evening of May 11 held a protest at the Ramlila Grounds, demanding that the portrait of Mohammad Jinnah be immediately removed from the university premises and a probe be conducted into the alleged anti-national activities there.
Hitting out at those who opposed the call to remove Jinnah's portrait in AMU, the ruling BJP said that those standing with Jinnah also stood for terrorist Afzal Guru. "(It is shameful for anyone to point a finger on great leaders who contributed towards formation of the country)", Maurya had said.
He also said that Pakistan came into being by virtue of a pact between three parties, and that now the whole thing was being blamed upon Jinnah alone.
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