Garima Garg, wife of Zubeen Garg, had filed a separate petition urging the court not to consider the bail pleas. The SIT too had opposed the bail applications

BJP storngly condemned former Vice President Hamid Ansari for his remarks who called Mahmud Ghazni as an Indian. In a social media post, BJP spokesperson C Kesavan said that the remarks were “shocking” and recalled that Ansari had been the Congress-led UPA’s choice for Vice President twice. Shehzad Poonawala, also attacked the Congress party.

Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati has asked UP CM Yogi Adityanath to stop beef exports from the state and declare the cow as ‘Rajya Mata’. He emphasized that such steps would prove the chief minister’s commitment as a “Hindu sympathiser”. The seer further stated that he had staged a sit-in protest for 11 days after the incident but left the Magh Mela ground last Wednesday “with a heavy heart”.