<p>A Mumbai court on Tuesday granted anticipatory bail to <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/days-after-praising-aurangzeb-mumbai-mla-abu-azmi-pays-tribute-to-chhatrapati-sambhaji-maharaj-23498026" target="_blank" rel="none noopener"><strong>Samajwadi Party MLA Abu Azmi</strong></a> in a case filed against him in Aurangzeb remarks case, reported the PTI.</p>
<p>The Abu Azmi was booked by the Mumbai Police for his remarks on Mughal emperor Aurangzeb.</p>
<p>According to the PTI, while granting relief to Abu Azmi the court also imposed a set of conditions and directed him to furnish a solvent surety bond of Rs 20,000.</p>
<p>Abu Azmi was suspended from the Maharashtra legislative assembly till March 26 during the ongoing state budget session.</p>
<p>Later, a case was registered at south Mumbai's Marine Drive police station in south Mumbai 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, as per the PTI.</p>
<p>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>
<p>"Our GDP accounted for 24 per cent (of world GDP) and India was called a golden sparrow ," claimed the opposition legislator.</p>
<p>Asked about the fight between Aurangzeb and Maratha king Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj, Azmi had termed it a political battle.</p>
<p>Abu Azmi's remarks had sparked an outrage among the political leaders across the country.</p>
<p>Azmi had said that the action against him was taken despite him retracting his remark.</p>
<p>In a video statement released by his office, Abu Azmi asserted he had not said anything wrong, but retracted the remark, which he made outside the assembly, to ensure the House functions.</p>
<p>'Still, I was suspended,' Azmi had said.</p>
<p>The state assembly had passed a motion unanimously by a voice vote to suspend Abu Azmi from the House till the end of the Maharashtra budget session.</p>
<p>The members of the treasury benches said Abu Azmi's remark eulogising Aurangzeb was an insult to Maratha king Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and his son Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.mid-day.com/search/eknath-shinde-articles" target="_blank" rel="none noopener"><strong>Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and Shiv Sena head Eknath Shinde</strong></a> had led the attack on Azmi both in the legislative council and assembly.</p>
<p>(with PTI inputs)</p><p>
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