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Outsider Tries To Assault Student Leader Kanhaiya Kumar On Jnu Campus


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A man tried to assault student leader Kanhaiya Kumar at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) this evening, claiming he wanted to "teach him a lesson" for "abusing the country, raising anti-India slogans". The man, who is not from the university, was escorted off campus by security.

Last month, the arrest of Mr Kumar on sedition charges catapulted the government into an enormous controversy with accusations that is trying to crush dissent and free speech at colleges. Mr Kumar, who heads a Left students union, was granted bail and delivered an impassioned speech upon his return to campus that won him rave reviews for his oratory skills.

He has denied that he made anti-India remarks at an earlier event on campus but has pledged his commitment to opposing what he describes as the divisive policies of the government and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
 

 

His students union is affiliated to the CPI, which briefly considered using him as a star campaigner in next month's elections in states like Kerala and West Bengal.

Mr Kumar today also occupied another major controversy with the emergence of a university document that shows he was fined last year for misbehaving and threatening a woman student.

Describing his act as "serious in nature and unbecoming of a student of JNU", university officials said they were issuing a Rs. 3,000 fine "keeping his career prospects in mind."

While the unsigned order was shared on social media by the woman Mr Kumar was found guilty of harassing, the university has confirmed the letter's authenticity, claims news agency Press Trust of India.

"I am shocked to see how a misogynist like Kanhaiya is being hailed as revolutionary," the former woman student said.

"We do respect the girl's right to criticise Kanhaiya but we want to reiterate that he has always stood for gender justice. Also, when the incident took place, he was not the president of the students' union," said a statement from the union that is headed by Mr Kumar.

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