 The key complainants appear to have been the ruling party in Jharkhand, the Bharatiya Janata Party; the opposition party, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha; and an academic at Jamia Millia Islamia.The government's actions were widely criticised.The ban on "" was removed in December 2017 and Shekhar's suspension was removed and he was reinstated into his job in 2018.