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: With posters of "Rohith ka JNU" plastered across the walls of the varsity, the students and teachers are eagerly waiting for the students union president Kanhaiya Kumar to be back on campus from
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court is likely to resume tomorrow 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. Justice
New Delhi: A security guard at JNU campus and a policeman, said to be eyewitnesses who have also recorded their statements in the sedition case, have been purportedly seen in a sting video saying that
New Delhi: Delhi Police today interrogated JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar, Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya together for the first time at a south Delhi police station in connection with the sedition case.The questioning started in
New Delhi: Finance minister Arun Jaitley today put forth a strong counter to the opposition's allegations that the government was cracking down on students because it didn't agree with their views, saying “hate speech can
New Delhi: A Delhi court today refused to allow Delhi Police to collect voice samples of two JNU students -- Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya, arrested in a sedition case.According to court sources, Metropolitan Magistrate
New Delhi: A court in Delhi today sent two JNU students – Umar Khalid and Anirban – to police custody for three days. Both students are charged with sedition in relation to a pro-Afzal event
New Delhi: The Delhi Police today arrested the prime accused in two attacks on journalists and students and teachers of JNU outside the Patiala House court complex.Lawyer Vikram Singh Chauhan, who was caught on camera
New Delhi: JNUSU President Kanhaiya Kumar, arrested on sedition charge, had not only participated in the event where anti-national slogans were allegedly raised in the JNU campus but had "actually organised" the programme, Delhi Police
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court today deferred the hearing on bail plea of JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar, arrested in a sedition case, till February 29.The Delhi Police, which is opposing Kanhiya's bail, also filed
New Delhi: The National Democratic Alliance government at the Centre is all set to aggressively counter the Congress and the Left during the debate on the JNU row and the Rohith Vemula suicide in Parliament
New Delhi: After a tense standoff between the police and the JNU administration, two accused students in a case of sedition - Umar Khalid and Anriban - have surrendered to the Delhi Police and have
New Delhi: Delhi Police Commissioner B S Bassi today made a U-turn from his earlier stand of not opposing JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar's bail plea in the High Court, saying it was due to "change
New Delhi: Amid demands from teachers and students that the JNU administration should seek JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar's release and dropping of sedition charge, the varsity today said both the issues are beyond its control. "We
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court today deferred the hearing of JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar's bail plea by tomorrow and directed the Delhi Police to file a status report of the investigation in the case
New Delhi: Security was increased at the Delhi High Court today for a hearing on JNUSU student Kanhaiya Kumar's request for bail, charged with sedition, in which he has contended that he was 'falsely implicated'
New Delhi: Amid a building standoff between the Delhi police and the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) over the arrest of five students accused of sedition for allegedly raising anti-India slogans, one of the accused students
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday made it clear that it would confine itself to the violence in Patiala House court complex on February 15 and 17 in which JNU students, teachers and journalists
Hyderabad: Taking a strong view against incidents of people heard raising anti-India slogans, former Solicitor General of India N Santosh Hegde today said he is in "favour" of the sedition law as some "restrictions" are needed to
New Delhi: India TV Editor-in-Chief Rajat Sharma and Bollywood actor Anupam Kher along with 31 other prominent personalities from various fields have issued a statement over JNU row condemning the anti-India sloganeering on Sunday.In their
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