A Delhi court had last year dismissed pleas by the Delhi police for producing Khalid in handcuffs. This year, a Chief Metropolitan Magistrate categorically ordered that he shouldn't be handcuffed.
In contrast to the speeches of Amit Shah and Adityanath, Akhilesh Yadav and Jayant Chaudhary's plans to harness the socialist leader's popularity could crucially help unite Jats and Muslims.