"Cracking down on students & using #HafizSaeed to justify the crack down is a new low, even for this NDA government. #JNUCrackdown," Omar wrote on Twitter.
He said the statement of Home Minister that Jamat-ud-Dawa founder Saeed supported the JNU protests was a very serious charge against the students and demanded that the Centre share the evidence with people.
"The Home Minister must go public with the evidence collected that enabled him to level this charge against the #JNU students #HafizSaeed," he said.
He also took a dig at the silence of People's Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti with whom the BJP is in talks for formation of government in Jammu and Kashmir after her father and then chief minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed passed away on January 7.
"This is the same BJP that Mehbooba Mufti is negotiating with. No wonder she's completely silent & hasn't said a word about the #JNUCrackdown," Omar said.
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