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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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25th April News in Nutshell: Important stories of the day

India | Apr 25, 2016, 07:59 PM IST

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JNU row: Umar Khalid rusticated for one semester, Kanhaiya fined Rs 10,000

India | Apr 25, 2016, 06:48 PM IST

New Delhi: In a firm step against the February 9 event, Jawaharlal Nehru University today rusticated Umar Khalid for one semester and imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar for violating

Uddhav Thackeray

Govt’s failure allows Kanhaiya ‘Kumar to talk of selling PM Modi on Olx: Shiv Sena

Politics | Apr 25, 2016, 03:08 PM IST

Mumbai: The unfulfilled election promises of Prime Minister Narendra Modi have emboldened even a ‘tinpot’ like JNU students’ union president Kanhaiya Kumar to criticise him, the Shiv Sena said on Monday. “Modi had made tall

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Kanhaiya Kumar predicts ‘social revolution’ in India

India | Apr 25, 2016, 09:58 AM IST

Pune: JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar on Sunday predicted a “social revolution” in the country when hunger and deprivation will unite the masses irrespective of their caste, creed or religion. Kanhaiya Kumar predicts ‘social revolution’

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Kerala Elections 2016: Kanhaiya Kumar set to campaign for fellow JNU comrade contesting for CPI

Politics | Apr 24, 2016, 08:55 PM IST

New Delhi: JNU Students Union president Kanhaiya Kumar, who had earlier ruled out campaigning in the West Bengal and Kerala Assembly polls, has now decided to plump for a fellow JNU comrade who is in

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Kanhaiya Kumar predicts 'social revolution' in India

India | Apr 24, 2016, 08:37 PM IST

Pune: JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar today predicted a "social revolution" in the country when hunger and deprivation will unite the masses irrespective of their caste, creed or religion. Targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi for

Uddhav Thackeray

Labelling Kanhaiya Kumar as 'anti-national' is wrong, says Uddhav Thackeray

Politics | Apr 24, 2016, 10:21 PM IST

Uddhav Thackeray today said instead of guiding the youth in the right direction, it has "given birth" to Rohith Vemula, Hardik Patel and Kanhaiya Kumar

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Police denies Kanhaiya’s ‘strangle’ allegations; accused passenger dubs it as ‘cheap publicity’

India | Apr 25, 2016, 08:55 AM IST

Mumbai: The Mumbai police today stated that the allegations made by Jawaharlal Nehru University students union president Kanhaiya Kumar that a co-passenger in a Jet flight tried to strangle him have turned out to be

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BJP supporter tried to strangulate me on flight, claims Kanhaiya Kumar

India | Apr 24, 2016, 02:32 PM IST

New Delhi: Jawaharlal Nehru University students' union president Kanhaiya Kumar today claimed that a man tried to strangle him on a Jet Airways flight. He was on way to Pune this morning to to address

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2 held over death threat to Kanhaiya Kumar, Umar Khalid

India | Apr 18, 2016, 07:14 AM IST

New Delhi: Police have arrested two persons in connection with a death threat to JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar and Umar Khalid, conveyed through a letter which was recovered with a loaded gun in a bus

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Police increases security cover of Kanhaiya, Umar Khalid after letter threatening their beheading appears

India | Apr 15, 2016, 02:17 PM IST

A country-made pistol and a threat letter against JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar, purportedly written by a man who had earlier threatened the student leader over Facebook, were recovered from a bus operating between an ISBT and JNU campus.

Nirmala Sitharaman

During Indira Gandhi’s rule, 67 JNU students were sent to Tihar jail just for gheroing V-C: Nirmala Sitharaman

Politics | Apr 15, 2016, 02:14 PM IST

Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Nirmala Sitharaman has come down heavily on those having sympathy for JNUSU President Kanhaiya Kumar who is facing sedition charges and is currently out on interim bail.

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Slipper hurled at Kanhaiya in Nagpur, car attacked

India | Apr 14, 2016, 08:05 PM IST

Nagpur: A slipper was hurled today at JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar when he was delivering a speech at an auditorium in Congress Nagar here, while some Bajrang Dal workers earlier threw stones at a

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JNU row: Kanhaiya and Anirban likely to be rusticated for 2 semesters

India | Apr 11, 2016, 05:23 PM IST

New Delhi: JNU students Kanhaiya and Anirban who are facing sedition charges in connection with February 9 event are likely to be rusticated from university for 2 semesters, according to sources. In addition to Kanhaiya

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Radical groups do roost in Indian universities but govt may have mishandled ‘sedition’ episode: JNU Prof M Paranjape

India | Apr 08, 2016, 11:53 PM IST

In an exclusive interview to indiatvnews.com, Prof Paranjape discussed at length the root cause of the JNU controversy, including the slapping of sedition charges against JNUSU President Kanhaiya Kumar, followed by his subsequent arrest.

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Watch: This spoof of Kanhaiya’s ‘azaadi’ speech is winning the Internet

Mouthful | Apr 04, 2016, 05:06 PM IST

New Delhi: It been almost two months since the JNU controversy sparked after an event in its campus on February 9. The news of a bunch of students allegedly raising ‘anti-national’ slogans garnered a lot

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley

‘Ideological reaction’: Jaitley justifies action against JNU, Hyderabad univ students

Politics | Apr 01, 2016, 07:08 PM IST

if slogans are openly raised for persons who bombed Mumbai or attacked Parliament, then one must expect some "ideological reaction" from those who do not agree with this.

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Rohith Vemula issue: JNU students request Prez to take action

India | Mar 30, 2016, 11:04 PM IST

Hundreds of students and teachers marched towards Rashtrapati Bhawan here today to request the President to take action against the Vice Chancellor of Hyderabad university.

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Kanhaiya Kumar under fire for remarks on 1984 anti-Sikh riots

India | Mar 29, 2016, 09:48 PM IST

JNU student union president Kanhaiya Kumar today came under strong criticism for his remarks that 1984 anti-Sikh riot was a "mob-led massacre" while 2002 Gujarat riots were a "state sponsored violence."

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2002 Gujarat riots and 1984 Sikh riots are different: Kanhaiya Kumar

India | Mar 28, 2016, 11:27 PM IST

JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar today compared the alleged onslaught on varsities with Gujarat riots alleging both of them were carried out "with support" from state machinery