'Hindu Mahasabha' to Honor Jamia Shooter, Tags him as "National Hero"

New Delhi, January 31, 2020:

The Hindu Mahasabha on Friday announced that it would honour the accused in Jamia firing case, calling the shooter "a true nationalist like Nathuram Godse".

Hindu Mahasabha spokesperson Ashok Pandey said the Mahasabha is “proud of the boy, who attempted to silence the anti-national activities on Jamia campus by giving the students there 'instant Azadi'.”

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Adding that Hindu Mahasabha will bear legal aid to the accused, Pandey said that anti-nationals like Sharjeel Imam and the ones at the Aligarh Muslim University campus, Jawaharlal Nehru University, and Shaheen Bagh deserve to be shot.

It is to be mentioned here that on Thursday, a man opened fire near Jamia Millia Islamia University in Delhi and shouted “Yeh Lo Azaadi”. During the firing, a Jamia student has been injured. According to reports, the man was detained by the Police and the injured student was rushed to the Holy Family Hospital nearby.

The Jamia students had planned to hold the protest march to Rajghat on Mahatma Gandhi’s death anniversary.

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