Kanhaiya Kumar files nomination from Begusarai

Hundreds of people, mostly youths, joined Kanhaiya Kumar during a two-kilometer march on foot, cycle and two-wheelers waving red flags in the town.

Former JNU president Kanhaiya Kumar (File | PTI)

BEGUSARAI: Former JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar, contesting as the CPI candidate, on Tuesday filed his nomination for the Begusarai Lok Sabha seat in Bihar.

Hundreds of people, mostly youths, joined Kanhaiya Kumar during a two-kilometer march on foot, cycle and two-wheelers waving red flags in the town.

माँओं के आशीर्वाद और दुआओं के साथ नामांकन के लिए निकल रहा हूँ। यह सीख उनसे ही मिली है कि लक्ष्य चाहे कितना ही बड़ा क्यों न हो अगर हम लगातार कोशिश करें तो जीत ज़रूर मिलती है। और यह भी कि पूरी दुनिया के दुख-दर्द को अपना दुख-दर्द समझना ही इंसान होने की पहली शर्त है। pic.twitter.com/klsu9WQDah

— Kanhaiya Kumar (@kanhaiyakumar) April 9, 2019

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A joint Left candidate, Kanhaiya Kumar will take on Union Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Giriraj Singh in Begusarai. The RJD is set to field Tanweer Hasan, who lost to Bhola Singh of BJP in 2014.

Kanhaiya Kumar, 32, was arrested in February 2016 and accused of sedition for allegedly doing nothing to prevent the raising of anti-India slogans on the JNU campus.