On February 9, 2016, the accused allegedly led a procession and had supported the seditious chants allegedly raised on the JNU campus during an event
New Delhi: Well-known singer and music director in Bollywood Vishal Dadlani on Saturday slammed at the Aam Admi Party for sanctioning the prosecution of former JNUSU president and now CPI leader Kanhaiya Kumar and nine others in a sedition case.
Dadlani tweeted and said “AAP started out as people criticizing a government that was wrong. Most AAP supporters are still those people and still do exactly the same. Some of us, at great risk,”.
The AAP government in Delhi on Friday gave permission to prosecute Kanhaiya, Umar Khalid, Anirban Bhattacharya, and other former JNU students Mujeeb Gattoo, Khalid Bhat, former Jamia Milia Islamia students Umair Gul, scholar Basharat Ali among others on charges of sedition.
On February 9, 2016, the accused allegedly led a procession and had supported the seditious chants allegedly raised on the JNU campus during an event.
Expressing his disappointment, Dadlani, who has publically supported the AAP and its principles, termed the move as “plain wrong.” He said the party’s supporters “despise the political tradition of trading right and wrong for votes/image/gain.”
Dadlani is miffed with the party that he campaigned for in the recently concluded Delhi Assembly polls is clearly evident as earlier in 2016, he had tweeted in support of Kanhaiya’s speech – just like party leader Arvind Kejriwal had.
“What was Kanhaiya Kumar saying before he got arrested? See for yourself. Tell me if you hear anything anti-national,” said Dadlani. Kejriwal echoed a similar sentiment when he termed Kanhaiya’s speech as “brilliant.”
In the Delhi Assembly polls, Dadlani was the only “celebrity” in AAP’s star campaigner list and had held roadshows in several places such as Madipur, Moti Nagar and Tilak Nagar. He had also composed AAP’s campaign song for the polls.
On January 14, 2019, the Delhi police had registered a charge sheet against Kanhaiya and others in the sedition case. The AAP government had decided to sit on the matter until February 20, when the sanction was officially granted, despite the Delhi police pushing for it repeatedly from past one year.
Meanwhile, Kanhaiya Kumar on Friday “thanked” the Delhi government on the green-light and sought a speedy trial on the matter.
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