Do not consider Afzal Guru as my icon, want to be a teacher, says Kanhaiya Kumar
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, saying he was an ordinary student who wanted to be a teacher and that he was only worried about the responsibility given to him by the students of JNU.
“Let me make it clear that I am only an ordinary student and not a politician. The students of JNU have chosen me as their representative and I am not thinking more than this,” Kanhaiya told media personnel at a press conference held at the JNU today.
Kanhaiya also dismissed allegations that he sympathised with parliament attack convict Afzal Guru saying he did not consider him as his icon. “Afzal Guru was a citizen of India who was prosecuted and found guilty by court. If you ask me, he is not my icon in today's time. For me, Rohith Vemula is my icon,” he said.
