CM meets Rajnath, discusses JNU row; asks cops to produce evidence

Sources said the Chief Minister told Singh that the issue got complicated due to police action against the students.

Later, urging Prime Minister Narendra Modi not to use nationalism to create fear psychosis, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said it was wrong to dub the JNU as “a terrorist centre”.

In an open letter, Kejriwal also urged Modi to act against “lumpen and anarchist elements” like Delhi BJP legislator O P Sharma who was filmed attacking a CPI activist outside a court here on Monday.

Kejriwal said he denounced the reported anti-India slogans raised at the Jawaharlal Nehru University campus, and added that “It is not correct to convert nationalism into a device for creating a fear psychosis by using constitutional institutions to run them according to whims and fancies.

“It is extremely dangerous that the JNU incident is being portrayed to show this institution as a terrorist centre. The JNU and its students have achieved fame at the international level due to its high academic standards and the hard work of its students. It is completely wrong to brand such a prestigious institution as a centre of terrorists,” he said.

Kejriwal demanded “immediate action” against Sharma “to give a clear signal that such kind of activities will not be tolerated. He is an MLA of BJP, and it (BJP) must also take action against him.I feel that even if you once call this MLA and scold him, he will not dare to repeat his actions again in life. If that is not done, then such elements feel they have the complete support of the Central government.”

Meanwhile, AAP leader Sanjay Singh attacked the Delhi Police over its inaction in the case dubbing them “deaf and dumb” and asked why no action was taken against BJP MLA O P Sharma.

The party also questioned why the police was not checking the video in which Kanhaiya Kumar, who has been arrested on sedition charges, was talking in favour of following the Constitution.

“The Delhi Police has become deaf and dumb since yesterday. It has taken no action against BJP MLA O P Sharma who is seen assaulting JNU students and journalists and terrorising them,” AAP leader Sanjay Singh said.

Alleging that the real people who raised anti-India slogans were running scot free, Singh said: “There were anti-India slogans in JNU and those who gave those slogans have not been arrested yet. There should be an independent probe into this on who these people were whose faces were masked and which party they belong to.”

Maintaining the tenacity of the scathing attack, AAP leader Ashutosh said: “It’s shameful that no action is taken against BJP MLA O P Sharma. Is this because he is very close to Arun Jaitley? Can Delhi police be more brazen? Is it the rule of law or police state? Is it a message to opponents? I challenge Delhi Police to produce evidence against Kanhaiya Kumar, the president of Student Federation of India (SFI). They have none.”