Kanhaiya Kumar, who heads Jawaharlal Nehru Universitys students union, was arrested after a demonstration on the college campus organized to commemorate the 2013 death of Afzal Guru, a Kashmiri separatist who was executed for his role in the 2001 attack on Indias Parliament. The row around the arrest of Jawaharlal Nehru University student leader Kanhaiya Kumar accused of sedition in New Delhi, has dominated Indian news these days and generated a new debate about free speech, the future of India and antinational.Is Mr Kumars action anti-national? Or he has the right to free speech? Mr Venkatesh Viswanathan in New Delhi argues Kanhaiya Kumars action could be interpreted as anti-national.
Kanhaiya Kumar, who heads Jawaharlal Nehru Universitys students union, was arrested after a demonstration on the college campus organized to commemorate the 2013 death of Afzal Guru, a Kashmiri separatist who was executed for his role in the 2001 attack on Indias Parliament. The row around the arrest of Jawaharlal Nehru University student leader Kanhaiya Kumar accused of sedition in New Delhi, has dominated Indian news these days and generated a new debate about free speech, the future of India and antinational.Is Mr Kumars action anti-national? Or he has the right to free speech? Mr Venkatesh Viswanathan in New Delhi argues Kanhaiya Kumars action could be interpreted as anti-national.
