Elsewhere in the city, Union Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu said the NDA government would deal with the anti-national elements with a firm hand. Latest News from India News Desk
"No charges were framed against Umar (Khalid) who actually organised the event in commemoration of Afzal Guru. It was he and others who raised anti-national slogans but no action has been taken against them. But Kanhaiya Kumar, against whom there is not a single evidence that he raised anti-India slogans, was charged and arrested. This exposes the doublespeak of the BJP", Singh said.
Noting that it was a 'clear fight between ideologies', he regretted that Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi was being branded as anti-national for having taken up a fight against BJP's ideology of exploitation.
Singh was addressing a press conference at the Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee headquarters here this evening after the party coordination committee and extended executive committee meetings ended.