THRISSUR: The victory of LDF candidate Mohammed Mohsin from Pattambi in the Assembly elections is a sign of the good things to come, according to Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union (JNUSU) president Kanhaiya Kumar. “Mohsin’s win has a lot of positives for the youth in Kerala,” Mr Kanhaiya Kumar, who had campaigned for Mr Mohsin, his friend in the JNU, told DC.
DC met Mr Kanhaiya Kumar at Ramanilayam Government Guest House here prior to his address at a students’ session at EMS Smrithi, Sahithya Akademi Hall, on Monday afternoon. He was in the midst of the activists of AISF and AIYF, CPI leaders and his diehard fans when this correspondent spoke to him.
Referring to the report that the video clippings of JNU event were found to be authentic, he said that the sources from where the news came did not have any authenticity. “If they have proof of anti-national slogans shouted in JNU, let them prove it in the court with these pieces of ‘evidence.’ The matter is sub judice and I have full faith in the judicial system. The BJP national executive meet in Allahabad in UP and the upcoming elections in the state need to be read along with such a news suddenly coming up in the media,” he said.
The BJP now wanted to reactivate the JNU ‘anti-national sloganeering’ allegations and Dadri incident ahead of UP elections, Mr Kanhaiya said. “I have two more years to complete my PhD on the topic ‘Social transformation in South Africa’ and as a student my research is my first priority. After completing it, I wish to take up teaching. But, I will still be an activist,” he said. The Modi government needs to focus more on public educational institutions, he added.
