Elgar Parishad 2021

The Pune Police have filed an FIR against ex-AMU student-leader Sharjeel Usmani for delivering hate speech at a January 30 event, ‘Elgar Parishad 2021'. Booking Sharjeel under the IPC Section 153A, the police instigated a probe after a video of the speech went viral. While the FIR was filed by BJP youth wing leader Pradeep Gavade, state opposition leader Devendra Fadnavis termed Usmani’s speech as "anti-Hindutva". Elgar Parishad is organized… read-more