President of Shiv Sena, Uddhav Thackeray said, on Sunday said it was wrong on the government’s part to label JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar as “anti-national”.
Who gave birth to Kanhaiya Kumar in the first place? The government should think over this. It is wrong to label him anti-national.Uddhav Thackeray, President of Shiv Sena
If youth were branded “anti-national” in this manner, they would not be able to work freely for the country and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would forfeit the support of youths, he warned.
Thackeray’s comments came hours after Kanhaiya Kumar alleged that a co-passenger tried to strangle him on a Jet Airways Mumbai-Pune flight in the morning.
Both Kanhaiya Kumar and the alleged attacker, who has been identified as Manas DJ from Kolkata, were off-loaded by Jet Airways.
Meanwhile, Maharashtra Minister of State for Home Ram Shinde asserted that there was no attack on Kanhaiya Kumar.
In view of the development, Pune Police have further tightened security for Kanhaiya.
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