Prime Minister Narendra Modi lays the foundation stone of Raja Mahendra Pratap Singh University in UP’s Aligarh

Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised the work of the Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday as he laid the foundation stone of Raja Mahendra Pratap Singh State University in Aligarh.

Calling it a “big day for Aligarh and West Uttar Pradesh”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi began his speech by remembering late BJP leader and former UP chief minister Kalyan Singh, who passed away last month.

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of Raja Mahendra Pratap Singh State University at Aligarh, in Uttar Pradesh, on September 14, 2021. The Uttar Pradesh government is establishing the university in memory and honour of noted Jat figure, Raja Mahendra Pratap Singh, the great freedom fighter, educationist, and social reformer. The University will be spread over an area of over 92 acres at Lodha village and Musepur Kareem Jarouli village of Kol tehsil in Aligarh and will provide affiliation to 395 colleges of the Aligarh division.