The Aligarh Society of History and Archaeology (ASHA) claimed that historian Irfan Habib was pushed by security officers of Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan and condemned the act on Sunday, 29 December.

This comes after Khan, on Saturday, kicked up a storm after he spoke in support of the Citizenship law at the Indian History Congress event in Kannur. He also claimed that the historian, in-fact, had pushed his ADC and security officer.

In a statement, ASHA said that Habib got up from his seat “to request the governor to refrain from turning IHC into his political arena. As soon as Professor Habib went there, the ADC and the security officer of the governor pushed him and tried to stop him. The governor too started accusing Habib of trying to stop him from speaking.”