Kanhaiya Kumar, The politician
Saroj Kumar Mishra
Mumbai.
Firebrand student leader from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) – Kanhaiya Kumar appears very confident of his agenda regarding how a government should function as he spoke at length during a talk held at the Mumbai Press Club.
Speaking about how solving basic issues should be the focus of the government and not safeguarding religion, Kanhaiya said, “Terrorising common people has become the government’s major agenda, so that no one dares to ask the right questions.” Starting off with a short speech, Kanhaiya took to answering questions from the media, hitting out at the BJP now and then. However, the session managed to keep everyone engaged for almost two hours.
Speaking about the deaths of Narendra Dabholkar, Govind Pansare and Gauri Lankesh and the recent attack on student leader Umar Khalid, Kanhaiya said the government has been targeting them. “While there are these cases, there are also ones like the attack on Mahatma Gandhi Central University professor Motihari following his social media post criticising Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Now the trend is to attack anyone who raises questions against the government or something related to it. This is creating an atmosphere of fear, which is harmful for a democracy.”
Directly hitting out at the BJP, Kanhaiya spoke about how the person arrested from Maharashtra in the murder of Lankesh is the same who had created hindrances during his event in Chembur two years ago. “Just as it is clear that I was close to Lankesh, it is also clear that those who attacked her and me were close. And shockingly, all eventually turn out to be associated with the BJP.”
Kanhaiya Kumar is ok, But people have raised questions about his politics.
