Amidst war of words, Rahul Gandhi to visit JNU today

February 13, 2016 17:23

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi accompanied by Anand Sharma will visit the Jawaharlal Nehru University this evening. The visit comes amidst an uproar by non-BJP parties over the arrest of JNU students' union president in a sedition case.

JNU students' union leader president Kanhaiya Kumar was arrested in a sedition case over an event held at the varsity campus against the hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, drawing flak from the Left and Congress which dubbed it an "Emergency-like" situation and called it "curbing" students' voice.

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