The New Indian Express ·
Karnataka Congress chief calls jailed activist Umar Khalid a nationalist; ABVP hits back
Karnataka Congress chief BK Hariprasad on Tuesday called jailed student activist Umar Khalid a "nationalist", drawing a sharp response from the RSS-affiliated ABVP.
Hariprasad was responding to a question on the ABVP's opposition to the screening of a documentary on Khalid at the National Law School of India University (NLSIU).
"Umar Khalid is a nationalist. The ABVP has no right to speak about Khalid because the ABVP adores Nathuram Godse, who was an anti-national and a terrorist, the first terrorist of the country. They have no moral right or moral standing to speak about Khalid," Hariprasad told reporters.
