Senior BJP leader and Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Wednesday said his party legislator in Delhi, OP Sharma “should not have taken law into his own hands and not resorted to violence”. JNUSU President Kanhaiya Kumar, who has been charged with sedition, was due to appear in court on Wednesday.
The Communications and Information Technology Minister said the law will take its own course against Sharma and that the party could not possibly condone his actions.
Speaking to India Today TV, Prasad, however, justified the action taken by Delhi Police against the students of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) including the sedition charges against Kanhaiya Kumar. He added that the Narendra Modi government “will not tolerate anti-national activities of any kind on campus”.
Ready to Hear ‘Alternative’ JNU voice
While talking to the media, the Union Minister added that the government was “ready” to hear an “eloquent, powerful and constructive alternative voice” from the university.
Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) is a premier institution of India. There is also a very eloquent, powerful & constructive alternative voice in JNU, (the) country is equally eager to hear that.Ravi Shankar Prasad, Union Communications and Information Technology Minister