Questioning the delay in the trial, Kharge said, “Why are they (BJP government) not bringing up the trial? It’s been so many years that he’s been in jail; there are apparently some chargesheets against him. Why is the trial not going on? Why are they (BJP) so afraid to conduct the trial? Mr Modi and Amit Shah, why are you so afraid of Umar Khalid? Take action.”
Kharge said the courts, rather than the BJP, should determine whether a person was a nationalist or anti-national. “Why are you (BJP) deciding who is an anti-national? Have they (BJP) taken up the contract of distributing certificates of national — of who is a national and who is an anti-national?” he asked.
Turning to the ABVP’s opposition to the documentary screening, Kharge urged the organisation to focus on issues affecting students and young people.
“Talk about the education reforms that youngsters, the Gen Z, are talking about. Talk about the KPSC scam that your (BJP) leaders are involved in. Why are you behind Umar Khalid? He’s in jail. How is he harming you? Convict him. Who’s saying no? But why is ABVP indulging in all these things about which documentary to be shown, which documentary not to be shown? This kind of goondaism will not be tolerated,” he said.
The KPSC recruitment controversy involves allegations of cash-for-jobs, question-paper leaks, OMR answer-sheet tampering and other irregularities in the recruitment of veterinary officers.
With PTI inputs
