'Umar Khalid is a nationalist': Cong leader hits out at ABVP amid documentary row
Karnataka Congress president BK Hariprasad criticized the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) for their demand to permanently cancel a proposed documentary screening on jailed activist Umar Khalid at the National Law School of India University (NLSIU). Hariprasad defended Khalid, labeling him a nationalist and questioning the ABVP's moral authority to comment on him.
The ABVP, an RSS-affiliated student organization, had sought the Centre's intervention to cancel the screening, citing security and administrative reasons. The organization accused the NLSIU administration of stalling the event to allow public outrage to subside, alleging that Khalid has links to various controversial incidents.
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