The draft charges stated that all the 19 accused were conspiring to assassinate PM Narendra Modi during his roadshows in a manner similar to the killing of former PM Rajiv Gandhi.
Union Minister Babul Supriyo was heckled and assaulted by a mob of students at Jadavpur University while he was there to attend an event organised by ABVP.
Kanhaiya Kumar is currently on bail for allegedly chanting anti-national slogans at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in New Delhi in 2016. The Delhi Police Special Cell had submitted 1200-page charge-sheet in January this year against Kanhaiya Kumar and other left-wing students of the JNU.
SQR Ilyas decision to be a part of the Indian election process comes at a time when his son Umar Khalid, who is part of 'Break-India' brigade has been chargesheeted for sedition