Mahua Moitra Quotes Maya Angelou for Umar Khalid After SC Denies Bail

• Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra shared a poem on X quoting Maya Angelou's "Still I Rise" in support of jailed activist Umar Khalid.
• This came after the Supreme Court denied bail to Khalid and Sharjeel Imam in the larger conspiracy case linked to the 2020 Delhi riots.
• The SC bench, comprising Justices Aravind Kumar and NV Anjaria, observed prima facie evidence of their "central and formative role" in the alleged conspiracy.
• While acknowledging substantial incarceration, the court held that continued detention had not crossed the threshold of constitutional impermissibility for Khalid and Imam.
• Bail was granted to five other co-accused (Gulfisha Fatima, Meeran Haider, Shifa-ur-Rehman, Mohammad Saleem Khan, Shadab Ahmed) under stringent conditions, without diluting allegations.

Why It Matters: Mahua Moitra expressed solidarity with Umar Khalid through a poem after his Supreme Court bail denial in the Delhi riots case.