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Kanhaiya Kumar

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.

Kanhaiya Kumar

Bihar: FIR registered against Kanhaiya Kumar for misbehaving with doctor, nurses at AIIMS in Patna
India | Oct 15, 2018, 07:09 PM IST
Protesting doctors have communicated about the incident to the Union Health Minister and the Bihar government.
Kanhaiya Kumar likely to contest from Bihar's Begusarai on CPI ticket
National | Sep 02, 2018, 08:06 PM IST
"If the party (CPI) decides to nominate me as its candidate from Begusarai and other grand alliance partners also extend their support, then I don't have any objection to it," Kumar told PTI.
Sedition row: JNU panel upholds rustication of Umar Khalid, Rs 10,000 fine on Kanhaiya Kumar
India | Jul 05, 2018, 11:45 PM IST
The 2016 event was organised in the JNU campus against Afzal Guru’s hanging during which anti-national slogans were allegedly raised.

SC dismisses plea seeking SIT probe into attack on JNU's Kanhaiya Kumar
India | Jan 24, 2018, 08:53 PM IST
Kanahiya Kumar was assaulted by lawyers at the Patiala House court on February 15 and 17 that year while he was in police custody.
Police asks Kanhaiya Kumar, 29 other JNU students to join sedition case probe
India | Apr 28, 2017, 12:05 AM IST
Kanhaiya Kumar and 29 other JNU students have been asked to join the probe into alleged raising of anti-national slogans on the campus in February last year.
Will file PIL in SC on decision to exempt parties from tax on old notes: Kanhaiya Kumar
India | Dec 18, 2016, 12:06 AM IST
Criticizing the Central government's decision to exempt political parties from income tax on old notes deposited by them in banks, former JNU Students Union president Kanhaiya Kumar saying that a PIL will be filed in

JNU issues showcause notices to 20 students including Kanhaiya, Umar
India | Nov 26, 2016, 05:24 PM IST
Twenty students of the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) have been presented with showcause by the varsity’s administration, seeking explanation for the alleged "illegal confinement" of Vice Chancellor and other officials in the JNU building. The
Sedition-accused JNU leader Kanhaiya Kumar advocates opposition unity to take on BJP
National | Nov 04, 2016, 04:18 PM IST
Former president of the Jawaharlal Nehru University students’ union and an accused in a case of sedition Kanhaiya Kumar has called for unity among opposition parties to take on the ruling BJP government at the Centre.
Don't take any action against Kanhaiya Kumar till September 19, Delhi HC tells JNU
India | Sep 06, 2016, 03:20 PM IST
The Delhi High Court today asked Jawaharlal Nehru University not to take any action against its student union president Kanhaiya Kumar till September 19 in connection with the controversial February 9 event.

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

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
Bye Bye Smriti Irani, Says Kanhaiya Kumar
National | 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.
'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.

Kanhaiya's 'attacker' greets Amit Shah, takes selfie with him
National | 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
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
The Kanhaiya effect? Two JNU students emerge victorious in the Kerala assembly elections
National | 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
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
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