BJP is fearful of any opinion which it dislikes : Kharge

NEW DELHI: Congress condemns the character assassination, vilification, trolling, harassment, unlawful arrest of any individual and vandalism of any business entity, either through fringe elements or through official state machinery.

The President of the Indian National Congress Mallikarjun Kharge while condemning the arrest of the arrest of Ashoka University professor, Ali Khan Mahmudabad said the arrest by the BJP government shows how fearful the BJP is of any opinion, disliked by them.

He said,”This follows a chain reaction which began from targeting the grieving widow of our martyred Naval officer, our Foreign Secretary and his daughter, and the deplorable disparaging comments made by a BJP Minister for a serving Colonel in the Indian Army”.

He said,the Indian National Congress stands with our Armed Forces, bureaucrats, academicians, intellectuals and their families,BJP government

“Supporting the Armed Forces and the government, when National Interest reigns supreme, does not mean that we cannot question the Government”,Kharge said.

He added,while National Unity is supreme for the Congress party, BJP should be under no impression that it can foster Dictatorship under the garb of the present developments. Democracy should stand tall.