New Delhi, May 19 -- Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday condemned the arrest of Ashoka University professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad and said that it showed how "fearful the BJP is of any opinion."

"The Indian National Congress stands with our Armed Forces, bureaucrats, academicians, intellectuals and their families. I condemn any character assassination, vilification, trolling, harassment, unlawful arrest of any individual and vandalism of any business entity, either through fringe elements or through official state machinery. The arrest of Ashoka University professor, Ali Khan Mahmudabad shows how fearful the BJP is of any opinion, disliked by them," Kharge posted on X.

The Congress leader further referred to the recent remark...