Newly appointed Congress minority department chairperson and Urdu poet Mohammad Imran Khan, popularly known as Imran “Pratapgarhi”, on Friday said minority communities in Uttar Pradesh lived a “tortured” life and in fear under the rule of the BJP government in the last four years. The poet said he would fight “attempts to weaken educational institutions” such as Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), Jauhar University, and Ambedkar University. For the BJP, minority means only Muslims. They cannot answer questions about development and deaths due to Covid, and thus try to divert attention,” Imran said. Imran said he was interested in poetry from his childhood, and became a professional “shayar [poet]” in 2010.

Source: Indian Express June 05, 2021 00:45 UTC