Miffed with AAP, Vishal Dadlani reminds party of its principles
February 29, 2020 15:11
Singer and music director Vishal Dadlani on Saturday hit out at the Aam Admi Party for sanctioning the prosecution of former JNUSU president and now CPI leader Kanhaiya Kumar and nine others in a sedition case.
AAP started out as people criticising a government that was wrong. Most AAP supporters are still those people and still do exactly the same. Some of us, at great risk, he tweeted.
The Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP government in Delhi on Friday gave its nod to prosecute Kanhaiya, Umar Khalid, Anirban Bhattacharya and other former JNU students Mujeeb Gattoo, Khalid Bhat, former Jamia Milia Islamia students Umair Gul, scholar Basharat Ali among others on charges of sedition.
The accused allegedly led a procession and had supported the seditious slogans allegedly raised on the JNU campus during an event on February 9, 2016.
Expressing his discontent, Dadlani, who has publically supported the AAP and its principles, termed the move as plain wrong. He said the partys supporters despise the political tradition of trading right and wrong for votes/image/gain.
That the singer, music director is miffed with the party that he campaigned for in the recently concluded Delhi Assembly elections is clearly evident as earlier in 2016, he had tweeted in support of Kanhaiyas speech just like party leader Arvind Kejriwal had.
What was Kanhaiya Kumar saying before he got arrested? See for yourself. Tell me if you hear anything anti-national, Dadlani had said. Kejriwal echoed a similar sentiment when he termed Kanhaiyas speech as brilliant.
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