Kanhaiya set to contest 2019 Lok Sabha polls from Bihar's Begusarai
September 02, 2018  14:28
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Former president of Jawaharlal Nehru University Student Union Kanhaiya Kumar is all set to contest the 2019 Lok Sabha election from Bihar's Begusarai constituency. An informal understanding has been reached within the Left parties on his candidature.

Kanhaiya will contest the election on a ticket from the Communist Party of India. He is a native of Beehat panchayat in Begusarai district.

Kanhaiya was arrested in February 2016 by the Delhi Police after being accused of being involved in a controversial event in JNU wherein anti-India slogans were allegedly raised, a charge vehemently denied by Kanhaiya.

A general secretary of Bihar CPI, Satyanarayan Singh said, "All Left leaders from Bihar to Delhi are in favour of his candidature from Begusarai in the 2019 Lok Sabha election."
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