Lucknow, Jan. 6 -- Uttar Pradesh Minister Om Prakash Rajbhar on Tuesday commented on reported sloganeering against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), saying opposition parties are simply performing their role through slogans, songs and shouting.

"There are some opposition parties; their job is to oppose the government, they do that sometimes through slogans, sometimes through songs, and sometimes by shouting," Rajbhar said.

The remarks come following the Supreme Court's decision to deny bail to Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam in a case linked to an alleged larger conspiracy behind the 2020 north-east Delhi riots. However, the Court granted bail to Gulfisha Fatima, Meeran Ha...