Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah on Monday condemned the anti-national protests at the Jawaharlal Nehru University campus, saying such activities would not be tolerated in any part of the nation.
"These kinds of anti-national activities will not be tolerated in any part of the country.The Supreme Court had given capital punishment to Afzal Guru despite that slogans were raised in his support," said Shah.
Shah also used the occasion to target Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi.
"If the Congress wants to support this in the name of freedom of speech then I want to ask them that what more proof they require against anti-nationals," said Shah.
"Do they support the slogans 'har ghar me afzal honge', 'bharat tere tukkde honge'? The Congress must make their stand clear," he added.
The Congress vice-president had earlier on Saturday accused the BJP-led NDA Government of "suppressing" students' voice as he visited the JNU campus to express solidarity with them.
Gandhi, who interacted with the agitating students, lauded the university for representing free voice.
Drawing parallel between the actions against students in JNU and events leading to the suicide of Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula in Hyderabad University, he said the question is why a student is "not allowed to say what he believes in".
