India, Sept. 16 -- Karnataka Home Minister Priyank Kharge on Wednesday questioned the delay in the trial of jailed student activist Umar Khalid and alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah were "afraid" to proceed with the case.

Kharge also asked the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) to focus on issues concerning students instead of opposing the screening of a documentary on Khalid.

"Who is telling Mr Umar Khalid is anti-national? Has the court said that? The BJP is saying he is anti-national. Tomorrow, the BJP will tell you that you are anti-national. Do we have to believe that?" Kharge told reporters.

He was responding to Karnataka Congress president B K Hariprasad's recent description of Kh...