Kanhaiya meets Rahul Gandhi, thanks him for support

Ahead of his visit to the Hyderabad University, Jawaharlal Nehru University  student leader Kanhaiya Kumar met with the Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday and   thanked him for supporting the varsity students following the controversy over the February 9 event.

Accompanied by delegations from the JNU and the All India Students’ Federation (AISF), Kanhaiya met Gandhi at around 11.30 am. Kumar was scheduled to depart Hyderabad to extend his support to the students protesting against the Vice-Chancellor (V-C) demanding justice for Rohith Vemula.

“When the JNU controversy took place Rahul Gandhi ji and other leaders went there. So, a delegation of JNU came here to thank Rahul ji. In the coming days, they will be meeting other leaders also whoever supported the movement. We will continue this fight to protect the autonomy of the Constitution. We will fight the attempts of the RSS to attack the institutions of prominence in the country,” National Students’ Union of India (NSUI) president Rozi John told the media here.

“We have not come here to do politics of election. We are working under the university and working against the attacks on the educational institutions by the RSS. We are fighting for the students’ rights,” he added.

The Congress vice-president had earlier attended a solidarity meeting at the JNU to demand Kanhaiya’s release.

While he was in jail, Gandhi had visited JNU, where he criticised the Central government for the crackdown on students following an event at the university in support of executed Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, during which, anti-national slogans were raised.