What Did Sharjeel Say in His Speech
What was the controversial statement?
Hindi: “Aaj ka Hindu samaaj sadh gaya hai”
English: “Today’s Hindu society is rotten.”
“This was the most controversial line apparently from my speech,” Sharjeel had told The Quint in a detailed story that can be read here.
The FIR registered against Sharjeel in Pune qutoes the following portion of his speech:
FIRs Against Former AMU Student, Activist Sharjeel Usmani
The first FIR was registered on 2 February, under Section 153 A (promoting enmity on grounds of religion) on the basis of a complaint registered by advocate Pradeep Gawade. Gawade is the secretary of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha and a former member of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidhyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the student wing of the RSS, and a law graduate from Pune’s Fergusson College.
A few days later, Sharjeel was booked under sedition and other charges on the complaint of Anurag Singh, who told the police that he found a video of the speech on the Internet….