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Kanhaiya Kumar

Kanhaiya Kumar

DOB: January 13, 1987

Kanhaiya Kumar is Communist Party of India (CPI) candidate from Begusarai in Bihar. He is a former president of Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union. He received his doctorate from JNU in 2019. Kanhaiya Kumar was born in Bihat village in Bihar. The village is in Begusarai District. He graduated in Geography from College of Commerce in Patna. He topped entrance examination of Jawaharlal Nehru University and pursued his Ph.D. in African Studies. In 2016, Kanhaiya Kumar got embroiled in a controversy after which he was arrested in connection with a program against hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru. He was also accused of being involved in 'anti-India' sloganeering. Kanhaiya Kumar has denied the charges. Information in the pubic domain includes Kanhaiya Kumar's statements in which he says that he always says that "Kashmir is an integral part of India". In Begusarai, Kanhaiya Kumar is facing-off with BJP MP Giriraj Singh in Lok Sabha Election 2019.

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Lok Sabha Elections, Manoj Tiwari, Kanhaiya Kumar

North East Delhi Election Results 2024: Manoj Tiwari defeats Kanhaiya Kumar by 1,38,778 votes

Jun 04, 2024, 11:21 PM IST

North East Delhi Election Results 2024: Stay tuned to India TV for all the latest election updates.

Delhi Lok Sabha Election 2024: Key Candidates

Delhi Key Candidates in Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Check complete list, profile of key contestants

Jun 03, 2024, 10:31 PM IST

Lok Sabha elections 2024 were held in seven phases span over one and a half month beginning April 19 while the last phase was held on June 1. Counting of votes will take place on June 4.

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Fact Check: Manoj Tiwari didn't concede defeat to Congress' Kanhaiya Kumar, cropped video viral

May 29, 2024, 11:10 AM IST

A clip featuring Manoj Tiwari is going viral on social media with a claim that he has conceded defeat to Congress candidate Kanhaiya Kumar in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

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Fact Check: Old photo of Congress leader Kanhaiya Kumar shared to claim recent attack on him

May 26, 2024, 08:32 AM IST

The image circulating purporting to show a recent attack on Congress leader Kanhaiya Kumar actually dates back to 2016 when he was a student leader.

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Kanhaiya Kumar assault case: Arrested accused was in meeting in AAP office, says Delhi Police

India | May 21, 2024, 03:50 PM IST

Kanhaiya Kumar said the public will give its answer to the violence with the vote on May 25. Polling in the national capital will take place on May 25 in the sixth phase of election.

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Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Kanhaiya Kumar launches crowdfunding to finance his poll campaign in Delhi

May 16, 2024, 11:58 AM IST

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Delhi's seven Lok Sabha seats will go to the polls in the sixth phase on May 25 (Monday). The BJP won all seven seats in the 2014 and 2019 elections.

Polling in all seven Lok Sabha seats in Delhi will take

Kanhaiya Kumar most educated among all Delhi candidates, two from AAP studied till class 11: Details

May 09, 2024, 06:13 PM IST

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is contesting polls in all seven seats in Delhi while Congress and AAP are fighting elections together. Both are part of the Opposition's I.N.D.I.A bloc.

BJP's Manoj Tiwari and Congress' Kanhaiya Kumar.

North East Delhi Lok Sabha Election 2024: BJP's Manoj Tiwari to take on Congress' Kanhaiya Kumar

Apr 17, 2024, 01:27 PM IST

Hot seats in Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Polling in all seven seats will be held in the sixth phase during the Lok Sabha elections. The BJP, except Manoj Tiwari, has replaced all the six sitting candidates in the national capital.

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Congress releases new list, Kanhaiya Kumar to contest against Manoj Tiwari from North East Delhi

India | Apr 15, 2024, 06:26 AM IST

Lok Sabha elections 2024: Kanhaiya Kumar to contest from North East Delhi (against BJP North East Delhi candidate Manoj Tiwari), JP Agarwal to contest from Chandni Chowk (against BJP candidate from Chandni Chowk, Praveen Khandelwal).

Congress leader Kanhaiya Kumar during a press conference at

Congress appoints Kanhaiya Kumar as AICC in-charge of its students wing

India | Jul 06, 2023, 06:53 PM IST

Congress leader Kanhaiya Kumar has been appointed as All India Congress Committee (AICC) in-charge of National Students Union of India (NSUI), with immediate effect.

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Ink splashed on Congress leader Kanhaiya Kumar outside party office in Lucknow

Elections | Feb 01, 2022, 05:21 PM IST

Kanhaiya Kumar was in Lucknow to hold a door to door campaign representing the Congress party ahead of polls in Uttar Pradesh.   

'Anti-India' Congress obvious choice for Kanhaiya Kumar,

'Anti-India' Congress obvious choice for Kanhaiya Kumar: BJP spokesperson

India | Sep 29, 2021, 09:02 AM IST

Quoting Kanhaiya Kumar's Kumar's statement about the men of the Indian Army raping the women in Kashmir, Gaurav Bhatia said, "It hurts the sentiments of Indians.

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Kanhaiya Kumar joins Congress after meeting Rahul Gandhi; Jignesh Mewani ideologically with party

India | Sep 28, 2021, 11:59 PM IST

Communist Party of India leader Kanhaiya Kumar and Gujarat MLA Jignesh Mewani on Tuesday joined the Congress in the presence of Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi.

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'Joining hands with tukde tukde gang': BJP slams Congress ahead of Kanhaiya, Jignesh's induction

India | Sep 28, 2021, 01:19 PM IST

Mevani, who is currently a legislator in Gujarat and represents the Vadgam constituency, is the convener of the Rashtriya Dalit Adhikar Manch (RDAM). He is a lawyer-activist and a former journalist.

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Kanhaiya Kumar, Jignesh Mevani to join Congress today in presence of Rahul Gandhi

India | Sep 28, 2021, 06:47 AM IST

The resignation of youth leaders from Congress had caused some disquiet in the party and sections of the party feel that the induction of Kumar and Mevani will help send a positive message to the party rank and file.

Gujarat independent MLA, Dalit leader Jignesh Mevani to

Gujarat independent MLA, Dalit leader Jignesh Mevani to join Congress on Sept 28

India | Sep 25, 2021, 06:17 PM IST

Mevani had won election from the Vadgam Assembly constituency in Banaskantha district in 2017 with the backing of Congress.

Kanhaiya Kumar to join Congress on September 28

Kanhaiya Kumar expected to join Congress on September 28

India | Sep 27, 2021, 11:47 AM IST

Speculations were rife in the media that Kumar may be joining Congress after his meeting with Rahul Gandhi in the past.

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Kanhaiya to join Cong? Series of meetings with Rahul Gandhi sets tongues wagging

India | Sep 10, 2021, 04:19 PM IST

Kanhaiya Kumar had contested Lok Sabha elections in 2019 on a CPI ticket from Bihar's Begusarai. He, however, lost to BJP's firebrand leader Giriraj Singh.

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Kanhaiya Kumar to join JDU? CPI leader meets Nitish's aide, triggers speculation

India | Feb 15, 2021, 05:23 PM IST

Ashok Choudhary's meeting with Kanhaiya Kumar, a staunch communist, came at a time when the young politician is said to have been left mortified by a censure motion that the CPI recently passed against him.

AAP, BJP two sides of same coin: Congress on Delhi govt's nod in Kanhaiya sedition case

AAP, BJP two sides of same coin: Congress on Delhi govt's nod in Kanhaiya sedition case

Politics | Feb 29, 2020, 08:17 PM IST

The Congress hit out at the Arvind Kejriwal government on Saturday for its sanction to prosecute Kanhaiya Kumar and nine others in connection with a sedition case, saying the AAP's thinking is the same as that of the BJP and they were "two sides of the same coin".