Priyanka Gandhi says Kafeel Khan has worked selflessly to serve people. Khan was arrested on 29 January for an alleged inflammatory speech made last year.
National Security Act was invoked against Dr Kafeel Khan in February after he was granted bail in the case of anti-CAA speech at Aligarh Muslim University in December.
As part of the campaign, Congress started collecting signatures Friday. The party said this is also an effort to show Muslims in UP that Congress stands with them.
The Gorakhpur doctor has already spent three months in detention at Mathura jail since January, for allegedly making inflammatory remarks at AMU during a CAA protest.
Dr Kafeel Khan was detained under National Security Act for alleged inflammatory statements during anti-CAA protest. His wife has sought security for him.
Dr Kafeel Khan, who came to limelight in the 2017 Gorakhpur infant deaths case, was arrested in January for allegedly making inflammatory remarks at AMU during a CAA protest.
Accused of negligence after 63 children suffering from encephalitis died in Gorakhpur hospital in August 2017, Khan says he was made scapegoat for govt failure.
Kashif Jameel was struck thrice. Brother Adeel Khan says two unidentified men on a bike, ambushed Jameel and shot him. Two bullets pierced his body and a third is stuck in his neck.
Encephalitis immunisation is not handled by experts, rendering it useless. Doctors also say patients reach them too late, resulting in hundreds of deaths.
Despite growing passenger volume, 11 out of 14 carriers reported losses in 2023-24. IndiGo recorded profit of Rs 8,167 crore, which reduced to Rs 7.253 crore in 2024-25.
Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).
None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.
No one doubts Dr Khan’s credentials , or commitment, as a doctor….but being a great doctor, doesn’t take away from the fact that he was misinformed on the law that he was protesting against, and unapologetic about his inadequate understanding of the same. This, in and as of itself is certainly not grounds for incarceration, but trying to propound this misinformed view to a larger mass of people, most of who are easily influenced (students), is unbecoming of a medical doctor…..I’m sure once he realizes the folly, and makes amends, he will no longer need to remain under arrest. Free speech, doesn’t free you from the responsibilities of the consequences of that speech……
The important issue is his anti-national inflamatory speech.
How hard he worked as a doctor is totally irrelevant.
Thousands of doctors work hard. Thousands of nurses work hard.
No one doubts Dr Khan’s credentials , or commitment, as a doctor….but being a great doctor, doesn’t take away from the fact that he was misinformed on the law that he was protesting against, and unapologetic about his inadequate understanding of the same. This, in and as of itself is certainly not grounds for incarceration, but trying to propound this misinformed view to a larger mass of people, most of who are easily influenced (students), is unbecoming of a medical doctor…..I’m sure once he realizes the folly, and makes amends, he will no longer need to remain under arrest. Free speech, doesn’t free you from the responsibilities of the consequences of that speech……
The important issue is his anti-national inflamatory speech.
How hard he worked as a doctor is totally irrelevant.
Thousands of doctors work hard. Thousands of nurses work hard.