JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar

Three days after he said police will not oppose JNU students’ union president Kanhaiya Kumar’s bail petition, Police Commissioner B S Bassi Tuesday did a U-turn and said police would oppose his bail as circumstances in the case had “changed”.

“The circumstances when I had said so, those have totally changed,” Bassi told reporters.

Meanwhile, during an interview with a TV channel, Bassi said questioning the sedition charges against anti-nationals is a “blasphemous act”.

“Sedition is a time-tested provision of the law. There is an urgent need to expand the scope of the law of sedition. It needs to be rewritten to remove all scope of ambiguity so that citizens have no doubt about what constitutes an anti-national act,” said Bassi.

He had earlier said police will not oppose Kanhaiya’s bail and that a young man like him should be given another chance.

Bassi also said Kanhaiya had showed repentance when he had issued an appeal in court, but had later denied it and made certain allegations that were “false”.

“We have reasonable apprehension that if he (Kanhaiya) comes out on bail, he is bound to impact the investigation and influence witnesses. He is also likely to indulge in activities that are violative of penal laws. That is why we have opposed grant of bail to Kanhaiya,” said Bassi.

Bassi added, “Diluting the provision of sedition for a section of the society which celebrates when a soldier returns home from Jammu and Kashmir in a coffin should not happen, at least in the interest of the nation.”

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