Former JNU student union president, Kanhaiya Kumar, was heckled by ABVP and HYV(Hindu Yuva Vahini) members on Friday during the three-day Literary festival in Lucknow.
The incident took place at Sheroes cafe, a cafeteria run by acid victims, where Kanhaiya was invited for a discussion session on his book " From Bihar to Tihar". However, before the event could even start, members of ABVP and HYV raised anti-Kanhaiya slogans and called him a "traitor".
Subsequently, a scuffle took place between ABVP-HYU and Samajwadi Party student wing members while members of the former attempted to reach the stage, reported DNA.
Kanhaiya Kumar was among the student leaders arrested earlier in a sedition case in connection with an event on the JNU campus against the hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru during which anti-national slogans were allegedly raised. They were later granted bail in the case in which charge sheet has not yet been filed.
At the programme, Kanhaiya said that no one can curb the freedom of expression.
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“You have governments in 18 states but you cannot suppress an independent voice or stop someone to express his thoughts. I belong to a family of freedom fighter and no one can stop me expressing my thoughts,” Kanhaiya said at the programme.
Taking a dig at Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Kanhaiya said, "Smile that you are in Lucknow under Yogi Adityanath’s Ram Rajya. In Satyuga Lord Ram had left for vanvas but in Kalyuga Yogiji has left vanvas to rule Uttar Pradesh."
The ex-JNUSU president took a dig at the right-wing hecklers by offering his condolences to RSS worker in Kerala who died in a blast allegedly while making bombs.
