Not anti-India, I am anti-Modi, says Kanhaiya Kumar in Ludhiana

LUDHIANA: Former JNU students union president Kanhaiya Kumar began his address at a seminar organized by the Punjabi Sahitya Akadmi with the Indian communists' trademark greeting:“Lal salam“. The seminar was supported by All India Student Federation (AISF).

Lashing out against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the RSS,

Kanhaiya

said, “I am not from the anti-India camp but from the anti-Modi camp.“

Besides raising issues of commericialization of education and unemployment, Kanhiaya trained his guns at the BJP government and the

Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh

(RSS) in adress that spanned more than one hour.

Sparing other political parties, Kanhaiya put up a spirited defence against allegations of him being anti-India.He clarified saying he was not anti-India but anti-Modi. According to him, people who had an alliance with the Mehbooba Mufti government were anti-national. Accusing the ruling government of failing to check inflation and addressing other issues, he said he was targeted for being against Modi by people who equated Modi with India.

On being asked about allegations of being anti-national, he said this was a narrative designed by the RSS against democratic and progressive organisations.

When asked how he advocated a stance against OBCs but opposed the party that gave a chance to an OBC candidate to become PM, he said Modi finished off the OBC reservation after coming to power. In any case, he said, he wanted a casteless society.