India, May 19 -- Condemning the arrest of Ashoka University's professor, Ali Khan Mahmudabad, the Congress on Monday said that it shows how "fearful" the Bharatiya Janata Party is of any opinion it doesn't like. The party also called out the BJP for not sacking its Madhya Pradesh minister, Vijay Shah, who made "disgusting" comments about Colonel Sofiya Qureshi.

In a strongly worded post on X, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge said, "The arrest of Ashoka University professor, Ali Khan Mahmudabad, shows how fearful the BJP is of any opinion, disliked by them."

"I condemn any character assassination, vilification, trolling, harassment, unlawful arrest of any individual and vandalism of any business entity, either through fringe element...