New Delhi: Taking a jibe at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Congress on Wednesday said that the ruling party was defending the untoward activities done by its party members and targeting the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students` Union (JNUSU) president Kanhaiya Kumar, who spoke against the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad.
Congress leader Digvijay Singh tweeted:
भाजपा का न्याय- उमर, जिसने भारत विरोधी नारे लगाये,ओपी शर्मा विधायक और चौहान वक़ील जिसने छात्रों और पत्रकारों को पीटा पर कोई कार्यवाही नहीं
— digvijaya singh (@digvijaya_28) February 17, 2016
लेकिन कन्हैया कुमार जिसने संघ और एबीवीपी के ख़िलाफ़ भाषण दिया पर देश द्रोह का मुकदमा और जेल ! भारत के लिये अच्छे दिन आ ही गये। जय हो !
— digvijaya singh (@digvijaya_28) February 17, 2016
Umar Khalid has been identified as the man behind the incident at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) campus.
Earlier, the Delhi Police submitted a four-page report on its alleged crackdown on a group of protesting JNU students on February 9 to the Ministry of Home Affairs, and claimed that Democratic Students Union (DSU) activists led by Umar Khalid raised anti-national slogans after they were denied to broadcast a pro-Afzal Guru documentary.
During the protest, DSU activists, led by Umar Khalid, began shouting anti-India slogans and singing songs eulogising Afzal Guru and Maqbool Bhatt.
However, the report said that Kanhaiya Kumar didn`t raise anti-national slogans but was just standing with DSU activists and Umar Khalid, who has been absconding since then.