Kejriwal supports those who raised anti-national slogans in JNU: Javadekar

Hitting out at Arvind Kejriwal for not giving sanction to prosecute former JNU Students' Union president Kanhaiya Kumar in a sedition case, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar on Thursday accused the Delhi Chief Minister of supporting those who allegedly raised "anti-national" slogans in the university in 2016.

Coming down heavily on Kejriwal and his government for not giving sanction to prosecute Kumar and others facing sedition charges, Javadekar said that despite repeatedly being asked by the court about the permission, the chief minister was not granting it.

"Court is repeatedly asking the Delhi CM that when will you give permission to prosecute those who raised anti-national slogans. But we can say that the CM is supporting those people who raised the slogans," he said.

Javadekar, who is the minister for information and broadcasting and environment and climate change, said, "It is clear from Arvind Kejriwal's attitude that he supports such statements otherwise he would have granted the sanction."