BJP thinks anyone against government is 'anti-national': Nitish Kumar

Launching a frontal attack on the Centre, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) thinks anyone who is against the government is 'anti-national', and added that anyone who supports them is 'pro-national'.

"This attitude will throw them out in 2019. They have failed in fulfilling the promises they had made to the people. You are pro-national if you support the government, if you say anything against the government, you are anti-national," Kumar told the media here.

"No one is saying what happened was right but people who raised anti-national slogans must be identified. Who was raising anti-national slogans? Show the proof. Don't just make baseless allegations," he added.

Nitish further stated that Kanhaiya belonged to Bihar.

"Everyone is commenting on it. Even we demand proof. What are you doing on those whose faces can be seen raising slogans? We have reached a phase of technology where many proofs are available and everyone has the right to place it," he said.

Meanwhile, a scuffle broke out between students and lawyers outside Patiala House court during the hearing of Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union president Kanhaiya Kumar, who was arrested on charges of sedition for allegedly raising anti-India slogans.

The students, who have been demanding Kumar's release, alleged that they were roughed up by a group of lawyers when they entered the court premises.

During scuffle, journalists were also attacked by some lawyers inside the court premises.

"I am not even a JNU student. We are peacefully waiting for him. Some 6-7 lawyers, started pointing towards us and then they abused and called us Pakistanis," said one of the eye-witnesses.

"These lawyers thrashed a journalist. I saw them beating him up brutally. They were saying that it is not the court but them who will decide the matter," said another person present at the court.

The students have been protesting inside JNU over the arrest of Kanhaiya Kumar. He was arrested after he allegedly made a speech against the hanging of 2001 Parliament attack accused Afzal Guru.