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.
Read MoreIn an exclusive interview to indiatvnews.com, the former editor of RSS mouthpiece 'Panchjanya' blasted Congress MP Shashi Tharoor for comparing Kanhaiya with martyr Bhagat Singh.
Journalism students receive threat for inviting Kanhaiya Kumar
Hyderabad: A shoe was hurled at JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar as he was about to address a seminar here today. A man sitting in the audience threw a shoe at Kumar but it missed the
JNU Students Union President Kanhaiya Kumar today accused the central government of handling the JNU row oppressively in order to shift focus from the suicide case of Rohith Vemula.
No permission for Kanhaiya Kumar to address meet in HCU: VC
Kanhaiya Kumar to visit Hyderabad, join protest for Rohith Vemula
New Delhi: Jawaharlal Nehru University student’s union president Kanhaiya Kumar met Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhiat later's residence on Tuesday. Accompanied by delegations from the JNUSU and the All India Students’ Federation (AISF), Kanhaiya
Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor stoked controversy for comparing JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar, facing sedition charge, to freedom fighter Bhagat Singh.
Kashmir is an integral part of India and so Indians can discuss the issues pertaining to Kashmiris at any forum, JNU Students Union president Kanhaiya Kumar said on Friday.
The Patiala House court in Delhi has granted an interim bail of six months to Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya, two students accused in a case of sedition over an event to commemorate the hanging of Parliament convict Afzal Guru on the JNU campus
Jaipur: Rajasthan minister Vasudev Devnani today said major changes are being made in school curriculum and biographies of freedom fighters will be included so as to ensure "no one like Kanhaiya Kumar is born" in
A scheduled meeting between Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Kanhaiya Kumar had to be cancelled today as the JNUSU president failed to reach the Delhi Secretariat on time
JNU students, who have been served show-cause notice to explain their alleged role in the controversial February 9 event, have decided to "not accept" the report of a university probe panel and said they will send their reply accordingly.
Delhi Police on Wednesday told a court here that JNU students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya organised the February 9 event on the campus while JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar was not its organiser.
New Delhi: Provocative slogans like 'Pakistan Zindabad' were raised at controversial JNU event by a group of masked outsiders, a high-level inquiry committee of the varsity has said. However, the report about the JNU case
A high-level inquiry committee of the JNU has said that provocative slogans at the controversial February 9 event on university campus were raised by a group of outsiders and that it was ‘unfortunate’ that the students allowed that to happen.
Delhi HC rejects plea for another sedition case against Kanhaiya Kumar
A high-level committee of the varsity has issued a show-cause notice to Kanhaiya Kumar seeking his explanation on his alleged role in the controversial February 9 event in the JNU campus.
The Patiala House Court today extended the judicial custody of Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya, arrested on sedition charges, by 14 days.
A high-level internal committee of the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has recommended rustication of Kanhaiya Kumar, Umar Khalid, Anirban Bhattacharya and two other students.
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