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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New Delhi: A day after JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar was 'manhandled' while being produced in at Patiala House court, the Supreme Court said that it is 'keeping an eye on law & order in Patiala
New Delhi: In what may turn out to be a huge embarrasment for Delhi Police,the sedition charges slapped against JNUSU leader Kanhaiya Kumar will have to be dropped if no concrete evidence proving his involvement
New Delhi: Under fire over a repeated spate of violence in the Patiala House court complex, Delhi Police Commissioner B S Bassi today denied that JNUSU leader Kanhaiya Kumar was "beaten up" and defended the
New Delhi: Slapped with the charge of sedition, JNUSU leader Kanhaiya Kumar today said that he condemned the incident at the JNU campus on February 9, terming the entire episode as unfortunate. Kanhaiya also told
New Delhi: Patiala House Court today sent JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar to 14-day judicial custody. It means that Kanhaiya will stay in jail till March 2.Earlier, the Supreme Court was today forced to step in
New Delhi: Minutes after lawyers disrupted JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar's sedition case proceedings in the Supreme Court, the top court issued strict guidelines for a hearing in the Patiala House courtroom where accused will be
New Delhi: Amid the raging political row over police crack down on JNU students, an intelligence report has revealed that Kashmiri separatists' sympathisers had planned to commemorate the anniversary of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru's
New Delhi: Faced with mounting criticism for slapping sedition charges on JNUSU leader Kanhaiya Kumar, Delhi Police commissioner BS Bassi on Wednesday asserted there was 'adequate evidence' against him."We have adequate evidence against him," Bassi
New Delhi: Former students of JNU led by BJP MP Udit Raj have condemned ‘anti-India' and ‘pro-Pakistan' sloganeering in JNU campus.“The condemnable incident of anti-India and pro-Pakistan sloganeering has raised concerns among the responsible citizens
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