LAHORE – The Jinnah-AMU controversy has brought out a historical gem aboutformer Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. It appears that the noted economistonce struck Pakistan’s founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah. But it wasn’t an act ofintended by violence by any stretch of imagination.

Singh, who’s in Bengaluru to campaign for the Karnataka Assembly electionstold journalists that when he was a youngster, he was quite a hockeyenthusiast.

However, he probably didn’t realise that he’d end up hitting the Pakistanfounder.

Singh was playing hockey in Lahore in 1945 and accidentally struck him witha stray ball. He was quoted saying by *News 18: *“I had met Jinnah atLahore in 1945. He used to live close to my house and we used to playhockey near his house. One day a ball played by me hit Mr Jinnah,fortunately, he was not injured. Jinnah was standing outside his housewatching us play when my shot hit him.”

A picture of Jinnah at Aligarh Muslim University has sparked a row. Amidthe ongoing protest in Aligarh Muslim University over the portrait ofPakistan’s founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah, examinations in the varsity havebeen postponed till May 12.

“Examinations in Aligarh Muslim University have been postponed till May 12due to the ongoing protests,” Public Relations Officer, Umar Salim Parizdatold ANI.

The controversy surrounding Jinnah’s poster triggered after BJP Aligarh MPSatish Gautam wrote a letter to AMU’s Vice-Chancellor seeking anexplanation on the portrait of Pakistan’s founder in the students’ unionoffice.

The portrait of Jinnah has been hanging on a wall in the students union’soffice at AMU for decades.

Last week, a clash broke out between students of the AMU and the policeover the matter.

Internet services were also suspended in the varsity to prevent thecommunal flare-up over the issue