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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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JNU row: Delhi court grants bail to Kanhaiya Kumar, two others in sedition case

India | Aug 26, 2016, 11:27 PM IST

JNUSU President Kanhaiya Kumar and two other varsity students were today granted regular bail in a sedition case relating to alleged anti-India slogan-shouting at JNU campus in February by a Delhi court which noted that

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Delhi HC refuses to hear JNUSU President Kanhaiya Kumar’s bail plea

India | Aug 17, 2016, 01:49 PM IST

In a setback to JNUSU President Kanhaiya Kumar, the Delhi High Court today refused to hear his application for regular bail in a sedition case.

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Is JNU leader Kanhaiya Kumar a terrorist, Congress asks in Maharashtra Assembly

Politics | Aug 03, 2016, 04:15 PM IST

Taking strong exception to Jawaharlal Nehru Students Union (JNUSU) President Kanhaiya Kumar being refused entry into the visitor’s gallery of Maharashtra Assembly on Tuesday, the opposition Congress party today asked if he was terrorist.

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JNU blocks registration of Kanhaiya Kumar, Umar Khalid, Anirban Bhattacharya, 18 others for next semester

India | Jul 20, 2016, 11:26 AM IST

New Delhi: In a fresh development involving the students related to the controversial February 9 event on the university campus, the JNU administration has blocked their registration for the next semester. The list of 21

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Bye Bye Smriti Irani, Says Kanhaiya Kumar

Politics | Jul 06, 2016, 06:05 PM IST

Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union (JNUSU) President Kanhaiya Kumar today said that the Modi government has transferred Smriti Irani from HRD to Textile ministry just to deflect attention from Rohit Vemula issue.

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'Doctored' JNU clips featuring Kanhaiya Kumar authentic: CBI lab

India | Jun 11, 2016, 04:45 PM IST

The raw video footage of the controversial February 9 JNU event, on which a sedition case was registered against JNUSU President Kanhaiya Kumar and two others, has been found to be "authentic" by the CBI forensic lab, police claimed today.

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Kanhaiya's 'attacker' greets Amit Shah, takes selfie with him

Politics | Jun 06, 2016, 09:35 AM IST

Pune: Manas Deka, accused by the JNU students leader Kanhaiya Kumar of trying to "strangle" him on board an aircraft in April, on Sunday led a delegation of Assamese youths which greeted BJP president Amit

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Finishing PhD has become political responsibility: Kanhaiya Kumar

India | May 24, 2016, 04:49 PM IST

New Delhi: JNU Students' Union president Kanhaiya Kumar, who is facing sedition charges and is out on bail, said today that finishing his PhD has become a "political responsibility" for him rather than an academic

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The Kanhaiya effect? Two JNU students emerge victorious in the Kerala assembly elections

Politics | May 19, 2016, 04:59 PM IST

Thiruvananthapuram: Amid the LDF wave that has swept across Kerala lies the story of two victorious candidates who had a unique reason to have made their mark in the Assembly elections. Both these candidates are students at Delhi’s much-discussed Jaw

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ISIS recruits were asked to infiltrate Kanhaiya agitation: Report

India | May 14, 2016, 12:44 PM IST

In order to further agitate the students and create disorder across the country, terror group Islamic State (IS) recruits in India wanted to infiltrate JNU Student Union president Kanhaiya Kumar-led protests at the varsity and other educational insti

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HC puts on hold JNU’s disciplinary action against Kanhaiya and other students

India | May 13, 2016, 05:51 PM IST

New Delhi: In a major relief to Kanhaiya Kumar and other students of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), the High Court today put on hold the disciplinary actions that were to be taken against them by

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Delhi High Court asks Kanhaiya to help end JNU students’ hunger strike

India | May 13, 2016, 05:23 PM IST

Delhi High Court on Friday asked JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar to immediately end the indefinite hunger strike by students

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How can a 'mother' punish her child on basis of doctored videos', Kanhaiya asks Irani in his open letter on Mother's Day

India | May 08, 2016, 11:10 PM IST

New Delhi: On the occasion of Mother's Day, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students union president Kanhaiya Kumar has written an open letter to HRD Minister Smriti Irani, asking how can a "mother" punish her children

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FTII gets warning letter, and a detonator, against Kanhaiya Kumar's visit

India | May 08, 2016, 09:58 AM IST

Pune:A packet containing some suspected explosive substance, a detonator and a threat letter in connection with JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar's expected visit in April, was received by the office of the director of the FTII

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MPs ask govt to advise JNU to review punishment to students

Politics | May 06, 2016, 09:48 PM IST

Members in Rajya Sabha today sought government's intervention in resolving the protests by JNU students by advising the university authorities to reconsider its decision to severely penalise some of them.

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Hunger strike worsens Kanhaiya's health, hospitalised

India | May 05, 2016, 04:00 PM IST

New Delhi: JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar, who has been on hunger strike for a week at the campus, was hospitalised today after his health deteriorated, a fellow student said. "Kanhaiya is in a bad

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Man thrashed for showing black flag during Kanhaiya Kumar's speech on Azadi in Patna

India | May 01, 2016, 02:20 PM IST

Patna: Ruckus started during JNUSU leader Kanhaiya Kumar's speech at an event in Patna today when a protestor turned up and showed black flag to him. The protestor was roughed up by Kanhaiya's supporters, following

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JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar set to pen his first book ‘Bihar to Tihar’

India | Apr 27, 2016, 09:51 PM IST

New Delhi: Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union president Kanhaiya Kumar who was charged with sedition and spent 20 days in jail is about to come out with his eventful journey in a book titled ‘Bihar

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JNU students will not accept punishment: Kanhaiya Kumar

India | Apr 26, 2016, 11:20 PM IST

Kanhaiya Kumar on Tuesday said that the students community will neither accept nor follow the punishment handed over to them by the varsity's high level enquiry committee (HLEC)

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JNU row: Kanhaiya Kumar rubbishes varisty findings; says will not file penalty

India | Apr 26, 2016, 10:59 PM IST

New Delhi: JNU students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya on Monday said the decision to rusticate them from the varsity was "unacceptable" and termed as "farce" the inquiry by a high-level committee even as the