CPI petitions DGP, seeks Kanhaiya's protection

Patna | Thursday | 18th October, 2018

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"Kanhaiya Kumar should know that Bihar is not JNU. PATNA: The CPI has petitioned the state DGP and principal secretary (home), demanding that the security of former JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar be beefed up.Senior CPI functionaries Ram Naresh Pandey and Jabbar Alam on Wednesday said "motivated and pre-planned" attacks were being made on Kanhaiya Kumar by BJYM, RSS and Bajrang Dal elements. He has addressed public meetings of dalits in the company of Gujarat MLA Jignesh Mewani. It is clear that he misbehaved with our doctors and he will face consequences for it," the minister had said on Monday.Kanhaiya Kumar is in the state since October 9, mobilising support for a CPI rally at Patna on October 25. He is likely to contest the 2019 Lok Sabha election from Begusarai.Kanhaiya has so far faced violence at Rahimpur (Khagaria) on October 13, AIIMS-Patna on October 14 and near Bhagwanpur (Begusarai) on October 16.He is slated to hold road shows in Patna on October 22 and 23 before addressing the rally on October 25..