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Kanhaiya Kumar Gets Death Threat in DTC Bus for Nagpur Speech?

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In less than 24 hours after he said, Nagpur is not Sanghbhoomi alone but of Ambekar’s land too, JNUSU leader Kanhaiya Kumar received an open threat, this time in the form of a pistol with a threatening letter, that was left behind on a DTC bus from ISBT to JNU campus.

Kanhaiya Kumar, the bete noir of RSS, reached the town of RSS headquarters to be received by angry Bajrang Dal and ABVP members who threw slippers, shoes at the Jawaharlal Nehru Students’ Union president, who openly criticised RSS for spreading hatred and communal division in the country.

Later, addressing a public meeting on the occasion of 125th birth anniversary of BR Ambedkar, Kanhaiya Kumar said, he will continue his fight against the move to replace the nation with Narendra Modi, Parliament with the RSS, and the Constitution with Manusmriti. He reminded people that it was RSS’s ideologue Savarkar, not Jinnah, who propounded the two-nation theory that led to the division of the country.

He said, “Nagpur is Deekshaboomi (where Ambedkar and his followers converted to Buddhism), not Sanghbhoomi (RSS headquarters). It belongs to Ambedkar, not Golwalkar; just as Gujarat belongs to Gandhiji, not Modi.”

When ABVP members and Bajrang dal men hurled shoes, slippers and shouted slogans against Kanhaiya, he retorted saying, "What sort of patriotism is displayed by throwing slippers?"

This is Kanhaiya Kumar’s second visit after Hyderabad and that too to Nagpur, RSS headquarters, which is significant since the student leader is among those who raised the voice of people against the conservative nationalist forces in the country.

While the Delhi Police slapped sedition charges against him, several individuals have been threatening him with death notes and the latest is the pistol found in DTC bus with a death threat to the student leader.

JNU Never-Ending Row: Umar, Anirban Get Bail but JNU’s Baiting Notice Awaits Them

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The other two JNU students — Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya — who were charged for sedition by Delhi Police amid national acrimony against the highhanded charges over students, were granted bail today but back home at JNU an equally acrimonious situation awaits them.

The over-enthusiastic administration that is eager to serve the wishes of the ministry for funds and existence has turned the guns on 8 students to begin with among the 21 and they are facing rustication charges.

Umar Khalid is facing charges for organising the event to mark the anniversary of the hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, which turned ugly when the group clashed with ABVP and ended in raising allegedly "anti-India" slogans.

The defence lawyers argued that the two student leaders were actually handling the crowd which raised anti-India slogans. The defence also produced 10 eyewitnesses who have sought permission from the university authorities for the event, finalised the posters and got them printed.

Umar Khalid’s lawyers also argued that being a doctorate student, he has only 6 months left for submission of his thesis. While the court granted them the bail, back in the campus the situation has turned hostile with the administration flexing its muscles on 21 students and serving them show-cause notices, including the two who were granted bail by the court.

The JNU row has grown from mere a campus-based issue to a bigger national debate and brought India under scrutiny of many global human rights organizations, including the Latin American political scientist Chomsky.

Now the country’s intellectual centre (JNU) is pitted against BJP, which is hoping to turn the universities into pro-ABVP centres and enhance its leverage on them in future. In the process, even the national media and intellectuals have turned the tide against the BJP-ruled government.

Splinter Groups Target JNU’s Kanhaiya Kumar, Umar Khalid, Anirban Now

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With one arrested in threatening posters case, another appeared in Delhi sending relentless death threats to JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar, pointing at a move to keep the emerging leader under constant pressure not to seek out any political career.

This time the poster not only threatened Kanhaiya Kumar but also Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya, who are facing charge of sedition. Earlier poster by a self-proclaimed Poorvanchal Sena had announced Rs 11 lakh on Kumar but he was arrested and jailed.

The new poster that appeared at Jantar Mantar said, “Shooting the traitors is a national duty. I shall shoot Umar Khalid, Anirban Bhattacharya and Kanhaiya.” It bore the name of one Balbir Singh Bharatiya who claimed to have been a part of the Anna Hazare-led movement against corruption. The poster also contained a phone number and his photograph, posing a challenge to Delhi Police to chase him now.

The poster also threatened Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal for extending support to the JNU students. It said, “I shall shoot all who celebrated the anniversary of Afzal Guru’s hanging.”

Delhi’s deputy commissioner of police Jatin Narwal acknowledged the poster’s appearance and said, “We have initiated an inquiry into the matter.” He said when policemen called the number a shop owner at Yamuna Bazar picket up the call but did not commit to have pasted the poster. He had admitted that he visited Jantar Mantar on Friday and that he will be questioned soon.

So, the question is threatening JNU student leaders some way or the other has become a national hobby now and it is increasingly taking an ugly turn of conservative rightists versus leftist forces and unless caution is shown by the authorities, it may spread like a contagious fire in the country, posing a bigger challenge to the nation than seen in the borders.