A Mumbai court on Tuesday granted anticipatory bail to Samajwadi Party MLA Abu Azmi in a case filed against him for remarks praising Mughal emperor Aurangzeb.<\/p>\n

While granting relief to Azmi, suspended from the Maharashtra legislative assembly till March 26, imposed a set of conditions and directed him to furnish a solvent surety bond of Rs 20,000.<\/p>\n

A case was registered at south Mumbai’s Marine Drive police station last week against the MLA from the Mankhurd-Shivaji Nagar constituency in the metropolis under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) over his remarks eulogising the medieval-era Mughal emperor.<\/p>\n

Abu Azmi, who is also the Samajwadi Party’s Maharashtra unit president, had said that during Aurangzeb’s reign, India’s borders reached Afghanistan and Burma (Myanmar).<\/p>\n

“Our GDP accounted for 24 per cent (of world GDP) and India was called a golden sparrow ,” claimed the opposition legislator.<\/p>\n

Asked about the fight between Aurangzeb and Maratha king Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj, Abu Azmi had termed it a political battle.<\/p>\n

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