The Rampur Development Authority issued a demolition order against 38 of 40 buildings at Mohammad Ali Jauhar University, an institution run by Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan. Opposition figures including Akhilesh Yadav and Chandra Shekhar Azad criticized the order on X as communal targeting by the Yogi Adityanath government. The notice originated at the administrative level of the Rampur Development Authority.