AAP, BJP Two Sides Of Same Coin: Congress On Kanhaiya Kumar Sedition Case
Congress hit out on the AAP over sanction to prosecute Kanhaiya Kumar.
New Delhi:
The Congress hit out on the Arvind Kejriwal govt on Saturday for its sanction to prosecute Kanhaiya Kumar and 9 others in reference to a sedition case, pronouncing the AAP’s pondering is equal to that of the BJP they usually had been “two aspects of the similar coin”.
The Delhi govt on Friday gave a go-ahead to town police to prosecute former Jawaharlal Nehru College Scholars Union (JNUSU) president Kanhaiya Kumar and 9 others in reference to a four-year-old sedition case.
Senior Congress spokesperson Anand Sharma mentioned the transfer exposes the face of Aevind Kejriwal and his govt.
“No matter has took place until now, whether or not it was once CAA or NPR, the AAP has the similar pondering as that of the BJP. They’re the 2 aspects of the similar coin, their pondering is not other,” Mr Sharma advised journalists in a press convention.
“They don’t have the police however they’ve the management. whether or not it’s the Justice of the Peace or different officers they may have given orders,” he mentioned, alleging that the AAP has acted selectively on circumstances which “raises questions over its mentality”.
Previous on Saturday, senior Congress chief P Chidambaram additionally hit out on the AAP govt.
“Delhi Executive is not any much less ill-informed than the central govt in its working out of sedition regulation,” P Chidambaram tweeted.
“I strongly disapprove of the sanction granted to prosecute Mr Kanhaiya Kumar and others for alleged offences beneath sections 124A and 120B of IPC,” the previous house minister mentioned.
The Delhi Police had remaining 12 months filed a rate sheet at a town court docket towards Kanhaiya Kumar and others, pronouncing he was once main a procession and supported seditious slogans at an tournament in February 2016.
