<p class="title">The Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) is yet to take a decision on removing a portrait of Muhammad Ali Jinnah from the office of its students' union, an issue that had triggered a controversy in May, Parliament was informed on Monday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The information was shared by Satya Pal Singh, Minister of State for HRD, in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The students' union has been dissolved and any decision on the issue can only be taken by the newly-elected union when formed," Singh said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">BJP MP from Aligarh Satish Gautam had objected to the portrait of the founder of Pakistan on the walls of the AMU students' union office and written to the vice-chancellor of the university, seeking its removal.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Violence had broken out on the AMU campus on May 2 as the row over the portrait triggered a right-wing protest and sparring between two leaders of the ruling BJP.</p>.<p class="bodytext">At least six people were injured when the police lobbed teargas shells to disperse the AMU students demanding the arrest of those who had earlier barged into the campus shouting slogans.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A function to grant life membership of the students' union to former vice-president Hamid Ansari, scheduled on the same day, was called off and Ansari had to return to Delhi. </p>
<p class="title">The Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) is yet to take a decision on removing a portrait of Muhammad Ali Jinnah from the office of its students' union, an issue that had triggered a controversy in May, Parliament was informed on Monday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The information was shared by Satya Pal Singh, Minister of State for HRD, in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The students' union has been dissolved and any decision on the issue can only be taken by the newly-elected union when formed," Singh said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">BJP MP from Aligarh Satish Gautam had objected to the portrait of the founder of Pakistan on the walls of the AMU students' union office and written to the vice-chancellor of the university, seeking its removal.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Violence had broken out on the AMU campus on May 2 as the row over the portrait triggered a right-wing protest and sparring between two leaders of the ruling BJP.</p>.<p class="bodytext">At least six people were injured when the police lobbed teargas shells to disperse the AMU students demanding the arrest of those who had earlier barged into the campus shouting slogans.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A function to grant life membership of the students' union to former vice-president Hamid Ansari, scheduled on the same day, was called off and Ansari had to return to Delhi. </p>