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Samajwadi Party Leader Azam Khan Claims Indian Army ‘Gifted’ Tank To His University
Swarajya Staff
Oct 12, 2017, 11:39 AM | Updated 11:39 AM IST
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Former Uttar Pradesh minister and Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan has claimed that the Army has "gifted" a battle tank to his private university.
Khan, the Chancellor and founder of Mohammad Ali Jauhar University, said he has requested the Army to provide more sophisticated weaponry to his university so that the students can acquire knowledge of weapons used by the Army.
Efforts to elicit a comment from the Army did not fructify as the spokesperson of the Central Command based in Lucknow did not reply to SMS queries, nor take the calls.
Khan hit out at his critics, saying they were indulging in a propaganda that he did not enjoy good relations with the Army.
"My relations with the Army are quite cordial and more weaponry has been requested from them," Khan said.
Not long ago, Khan was in the news for accusing the Indian Army of excesses in Jammu and Kashmir.
"Soldiers have been beaten by women in Kashmir, Jharkhand and Assam and their private parts were also chopped off... India's truth is that women are forced to act against Army rapists. It is a message that Hindustan should be ashamed of," Khan, notorious for his controversial remarks, has said. (PTI)
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