The Fight Will Not Die Down: Umar Khaled As He Returns to JNU

Umar Khaled returns to JNU. Follow the live updates here.

Umar Khaled returns to JNU after getting bail. (Photo courtesy: ANI)

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Umar Khaled ends his speech with the message that they will not return to their lives. The fight will continue.

Earlier in the day, actor Anupam Kher who was on campus for the screening of his film Buddha in a Traffic Jam was critical of JNU students who were supportive of Kanhaiya Kumar, Umar Khaled and Anirban Bhattacharya.

Updated at:18th Mar, 2016 at 11:44 PM

Umar Khaled hits out at the government and the RSS, while referring to the slogans that were allegedly raised on JNU campus.

The BJP and RSS were very upset that someone was raising anti-India statement at JNU on 9 February. I want to tell them that those weren’t our slogans. But they were upset that someone else was doing what they want to.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi (left) and BJP President Amit Shah. (Photo: PTI)

Updated at:18th Mar, 2016 at 11:46 PM

‘Media Not Unbiased’

Khaled talks about media coverage. “I don’t think the media are acting independently. In many cases, you see that the media has already made up its mind. You’d think that the opinion is created after the investigation. But no.”

He said,

I was accused of being in the Jaish-e-Mohammed, every day there were new accusations, a media trial against me.

He also brought up his religion saying, “I used to think it is okay because I am not a practising Muslim. But what if I were? What if I were a practising Muslim?”

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Updated at:18th Mar, 2016 at 11:51 PM

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‘Proud To Be Booked For Sedition’

Khaled hits out at the BJP and the RSS. He says, “the government and the RSS thought they could break us, but they failed.”

We are proud to be booked under a law under which freedom fighters were arrested

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Umar Khaled, a PhD student at JNU and an activist arrested by the Delhi Police. (Photo: The Quint)

Updated at:18th Mar, 2016 at 11:47 PM

JNU Crowd Welcomes Umar, Anirban

Jawaharlal Nehru University student Umar Khaled is back in the campus. A Delhi court had granted him six-month interim bail on Friday evening.

Back in the campus, Khaled says, “I am not ashamed of being booked under sedition laws”.

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Updated at:18th Mar, 2016 at 11:10 PM