Kanhaiya Kumar is a former president of the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union. He is also a leader of the All India Students Federation (AISF), a left wing students organization which is considered to be close to the Communist Party of India (CPI). He received his Doctorate Degree (Ph.D.) in February 2019.
JNU sedition row. On 9 February 2016, some students of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) held a protest on their campus against the capital punishment meted out to the 2001 Indian Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, and Kashmiri separatist Maqbool Bhat. ... The event saw clashes between various student groups. Kanhaiya was one of the main accused in it.
Union Minister Giriraj Singh retained the Begusarai seat for the BJP by defeating his nearest rival -- CPI candidate Kanhaiya Kumar -- by a margin of over four lakh votes, results of the Lok Sabha elections in May 2019.
What is the caste of Kanhaiya Kumar?Kanhaiya was born into an upper caste Bhumihar community in Bihar. The village is part of the Teghra legislative assembly constituency, known to be a stronghold of the Communist Party of India (CPI).
Birth : January 1987
JNU Sedation Row
JNU sedition row. On 9 February 2016, some students of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) held a protest on their campus against the capital punishment meted out to the 2001 Indian Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, and Kashmiri separatist Maqbool Bhat. ... The event saw clashes between various student groups. Kanhaiya was one of the main accused in it.
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