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| Kanhaiya Kumar |
Kanhaiya kumar the name came into the news nationwide for the first time when he was accused of shouting anti-national slogans in JNU campus in feb 2016. A case was registered against him under IPC sections 124-A and 120-B and he was arrested by the police, Kanhaiya is again under radar as the Delhi govt. has given permission to prosecute him in sedition case.
Born in January 1987, Kanhaiya Kumar was brought up in the village of Bihat (near Barauni) in Begusarai district, Bihar. Bihat village is a part of the Teghra legislative assembly constituency, Which is considered as a hotbed of the Communist Party of India (CPI).
Kanhaiya's father, Jaishankar Singh, posses about an acre of farmland and currently paralysed because of a stroke. His mother, Meena Devi, is an Anganwadi worker. He has an elder brother, Manikant, who is currently working as a supervisor with a company in Assam.
Kanhaiya joined the AISF and a year later was selected as a delegate at its conference in Patna. After completing his post graduation with an MA in sociology from Nalanda Open University in Patna, again securing a first class, Kanhaiya Kumar moved to Delhi and after ranking first in the JNU entrance exam in 2011, joined JNU where he is pursued a PhD in African studies at the School of International Studies. He completed his PhD in February 2019, titled "‘The Process of De-colonisation and Social Transformation in South Africa, 1994-2015."
In 2015 September, Kanhaiya Kumar became the first AISF member to become president of the JNU students' union, defeating the AISA (All India Students Association), ABVP (Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad), SFI (Students' Federation of India) and NSUI (National Students' Union of India) candidates.
Kanhaiya Kumar's autobiography, Bihar to Tihar: My Political Journey was published in October 2016. The book features his story from his childhood in rural Bihar, college days in Patna, to his student politics in Delhi.
On 15 february 2016, when Kanhaiya Kumar was presented in Patiala House court he along with some JNU students, professors as well as some journalist were attacked by a group of lawyers. A media group had broadcasted a video in which three lawyers of Patiala House court have claimed that they have beaten Kanhaiya when he was in Police custody.
Kanhaiya became a hot topic for most of the news channels in their debates of "national vs anti-national" at that time, thus he should be thankful to the mainstream media in making him a celebrity. While, issues like unemployment, deteriorating economy, had no place in the prime time slot of mainstream media.
These things also puts a question mark on the credibility of the electronic media of our country, that are they mainstreaming such people and topics just to divert the attention of people from some real burning issues and problem that our country is facing right now.
In an interview, Kanhaiya has dissociated himself from the slogans that are believed to be shouted in that event, he also said that " I have full faith in the constitution of the country and I always say that Kashmir is an integral part of India". In the course of his interrogation he insisted that he did not say anything that was seditious.
A youth icon for some while an anti national for others. Kanhaiya has always been vocal against the ruling party BJP, RSS, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah and their policies.One of the prominent names opposing CAA. Challenging and criticizing the present govt. with facts, figures and logics in his own style, Kanhaiya is unarguably a fine orator and a crowd puller for sure, But "desh drohi" or not let the law decide it.
(infosource wikipedia)