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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

Delhi High Court asks Kanhaiya to help end JNU students’ hunger strike
India | May 13, 2016, 05:23 PM IST
Delhi High Court on Friday asked JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar to immediately end the indefinite hunger strike by students
How can a 'mother' punish her child on basis of doctored videos', Kanhaiya asks Irani in his open letter on Mother's Day
India | May 08, 2016, 11:10 PM IST
New Delhi: On the occasion of Mother's Day, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students union president Kanhaiya Kumar has written an open letter to HRD Minister Smriti Irani, asking how can a "mother" punish her children
FTII gets warning letter, and a detonator, against Kanhaiya Kumar's visit
India | May 08, 2016, 09:58 AM IST
Pune:A packet containing some suspected explosive substance, a detonator and a threat letter in connection with JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar's expected visit in April, was received by the office of the director of the FTII

MPs ask govt to advise JNU to review punishment to students
National | May 06, 2016, 09:48 PM IST
Members in Rajya Sabha today sought government's intervention in resolving the protests by JNU students by advising the university authorities to reconsider its decision to severely penalise some of them.
Hunger strike worsens Kanhaiya's health, hospitalised
India | May 05, 2016, 04:00 PM IST
New Delhi: JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar, who has been on hunger strike for a week at the campus, was hospitalised today after his health deteriorated, a fellow student said. "Kanhaiya is in a bad
Man thrashed for showing black flag during Kanhaiya Kumar's speech on Azadi in Patna
India | May 01, 2016, 02:20 PM IST
Patna: Ruckus started during JNUSU leader Kanhaiya Kumar's speech at an event in Patna today when a protestor turned up and showed black flag to him. The protestor was roughed up by Kanhaiya's supporters, following

JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar set to pen his first book ‘Bihar to Tihar’
India | Apr 27, 2016, 09:51 PM IST
New Delhi: Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union president Kanhaiya Kumar who was charged with sedition and spent 20 days in jail is about to come out with his eventful journey in a book titled ‘Bihar
JNU students will not accept punishment: Kanhaiya Kumar
India | Apr 26, 2016, 11:20 PM IST
Kanhaiya Kumar on Tuesday said that the students community will neither accept nor follow the punishment handed over to them by the varsity's high level enquiry committee (HLEC)
JNU row: Kanhaiya Kumar rubbishes varisty findings; says will not file penalty
India | Apr 26, 2016, 10:59 PM IST
New Delhi: JNU students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya on Monday said the decision to rusticate them from the varsity was "unacceptable" and termed as "farce" the inquiry by a high-level committee even as the

25th April News in Nutshell: Important stories of the day
India | Apr 25, 2016, 07:59 PM IST
Important news stories
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
Govt’s failure allows Kanhaiya ‘Kumar to talk of selling PM Modi on Olx: Shiv Sena
National | 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

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

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