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: As part of efforts to provide foolproof security to JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar, Delhi Police has asked University authorities to inform them about the student leader's movements outside the campus and nature of
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party today expelled its Yuva Morcha leader for offering Rs 5 lakh to anyone who cut off JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar's tongue.The president of district unit of BJP, Harish Shakya,
New Delhi: BJP leader Shatrughan Sinha has expressed happiness over the release of JUNUSU leader Kanhaiya Kumar who was arrested on charges of sedition for allegedly raising anti-national slogans.In a series of tweets today ,
New Delhi: A day after JNUSU president launched a fierce attack on the ruling government after being released from prison, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today latched on to ‘azaadi' -- a slogan that has
New Delhi: Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Sitaram Yechury said on Friday that Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Students' Union president Kanhaiya Kumar, who was released from Tihar jail yesterday, will campaign for the Left in
New Delhi: A day after his release from Tihar jail where he was housed on charges of sedition, JNUSU leader Kanhaiya Kumar today sought to distance himself from the political image being accorded to him,
Patna: JNU Students Union president Kanhaiya Kumar is more of a 'deshbhakt' (patriot) than BJP leaders who have dubbed him anti-national, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said today.Nitish Kumar made the remarks after ending a
New Delhi: Senior BJP leader and Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu today took a jibe at JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar saying he can join politics as his ‘favourite' political party is almost in single digit in
New Delhi: To express solidarity with Kanhaiya Kumar and celebrate his return from jail, JNU students took out a victory march at the university campus tonight. Carrying posters of B R Ambedkar and shouting slogans like
New Delhi: JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar today returned to the university campus in a festive atmosphere after being released on bail from Tihar jail. In a fiery sppech vowing to continue his fight against
New Delhi: Kanhaiya Kumar, president of the JNU Students Union, today reached the university campus, triggering celebrations among students who had been protesting against his arrest.Kanhaiya was released from Tihar jail today amid high security
New Delhi: The Delhi government panel probing the JNU incident where anti-India slogans were allegedly raised has given a clean chit to JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar and Umar Khalid, saying there was no direct link
New Delhi: Delhi High Court on Wednesday made a scathing observation on the Afzal Guru event organised at JNU and alleged anti-national slogans raised in the varsity campus last month even as the court granted
New Delhi: JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar is likely to walk out from Tihar jail after 19 days of imprisonment for having allegedly raised anti-India slogans. The event at JNU where these slogans were raised had
New Delhi: A day after the Delhi High Court granted him an interim bail of six months, JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar will walk out of the Tihar Jail today. The court granted the interim bail
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court will today decide the fate of Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union (JNUSU) president Kanhaiya Kumar when it pronounces its order on his bail plea in connection with a sedition
New Delhi: The Delhi Police today admitted before the Delhi High Court that "it has no video footage" which could show that JNU student union chief Kanhaiya Kumar, arrested on sedition charges, was shouting anti-national
New Delhi: JNU Students Union Vice President Shehla Rashid Shora who had earlier received a hate letter for opposing Ramdev's visit to the university has now received a similar communication over her agitation against imposing of
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court today reserved its verdict on the bail plea of JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar, who refuted police's allegation that he was raising anti-India slogans on February 9 at the JNU campus. Justice Pratibha Rani,
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court will today resume hearing on a bail plea of JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar, arrested in a sedition case for allegedly raising anti-India slogans in the university campus.The hearing assumes
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