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AIMIM main Asaduddin Owaisi has blamed Congress for activists Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam not getting bail, saying the stringent UAPA nether which they person been booked was enacted during a Congress government.
The Hyderabad MP was speaking astatine a nationalist gathering successful the Chandni Chowk country of Amravati successful Maharashtra connected Saturday (January 10, 2026) up of January 15 civic elections.
“The radical who speech of secularism during elections are successful information enemies of Muslims, Dalits, and tribals, arsenic they usage governmental secularism to summation votes, the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) said. Both Mr. Khalid and Mr. Imam were denied bail by the Supreme Court successful the 2020 Delhi riots conspiracy lawsuit based connected Section 15A of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act,” helium said.
It was past Home Minister P. Chidambaram who introduced the UAPA (during the Congress-led regime), Mr. Owaisi said, adding that helium was the lone 1 who objected to it successful Parliament.
"I was the lone 1 who had said that this instrumentality would beryllium utilized by constabulary against Muslims, tribals, Dalits, and those intellectuals who recognize and reason the government's policies. You tin spot what happened today, these 2 children could not get bail due to the fact that of the explanation of coercion successful that law," helium said.
“While Mr. Khalid and Mr. Imam are languishing successful jailhouse for 5 years, 85-year-old Stan Swamy—an accused successful the Elgar Parishad case—died successful jailhouse due to the fact that of this law,” Mr. Owaisi added.
“The Congress supported the BJP Government erstwhile UAPA was amended successful 2019, which is present destroying guiltless lives,” helium further said.
The Supreme Court connected January 5 refused bail to activists Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam successful the 2020 Delhi riots conspiracy case but granted it to 5 others, citing “hierarchy of participation”.
