"It is really astonishing that some students of JNU raise anti-India slogans and nobody raises a single question. When they are charged with sedition, various political parties stand in their support. This is really shameful," Vijayvargiya said at a meeting of state BJP's media cell.
"The Congress and Rahul Gandhi are shedding crocodile tears over the JNU issue because of vote bank politics. Why were they silent when Kashmiri Pandits were hounded out of the valley and were forced to lead the life of refugees? The Congress and the Gandhi family didn't go there," he said.
BJP national secretary Siddharth Nath Singh too condemned the assault on journalists, but said there should not be a selective approach while doing so.
"We condemn the assault on journalists. But there should not be a selective approach while doing so. Journalists took to streets to protest against the assault in the Delhi court. But when scribes were beaten up in West Bengal during the civic polls there were no protests.
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