Umar Khalid went on to claim that if Aaditya Thackeray was present at the venue, he would not have shared the stage with him. Further, Khalid said that the young leader of 'secular' Shiv Sena has not stated a clear stand on the issue of the NPR.
A pamphlet published by Chatra Bharati inviting all for an anti CAA, NRC event has Aditya Thackeray name on it along with various members from the 'Tukde Tukde Gang', like Umar Khalid
Umar Khalid's father was present during the press briefing where the decision was announced. Syed Qasim Rasool Ilyas was the one who announced the decision on behalf of the AIMPLB.
The Wire has interviewed Umar Khalid, accused in a sedition case and son of terrorist organisation SIMI member, to whitewash the Kamlesh Tiwari murder altogether.
Two days after Hindu activist Kamlesh Tiwari was brutally murdered by Jihadis for blaspheming against the prophet of Islam, far-left atheist Umar Khalid has come out as a devout Muslim on social media
In February this year, the court had come down hard against the AAP government claiming that it is deliberately delaying the process of granting the sanction to prosecute Kanhaiya Kumar and others, accused of sedition.