Want Freedom in India, Not From India: Kanhaiya Kumar’s JNU Return

JNUSU President Kanhaiya Kumar said that the students’ movement is seeking freedom in India, and not from India.

JNUSU President Kanhaiya Kumar addresses students after reaching at the JNU campus upon his release on bail, in New Delhi on Thursday. (Photo: PTI)

Returning to JNU campus on his release from jail, three weeks after his arrest, the university’s Students’ Union leader Kanhaiya Kumar tonight said they are seeking freedom within the country and not from India, as he hurled barbs at Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Addressing students at the campus, 29-year-old Kumar, who has been slapped with sedition charges for allegedly raising anti-national slogans, said he had many differences with the Prime Minister but he agreed with his tweet “Satyameva Jayate”.

“I have many differences with the PM but I agree with his tweet Satyameva Jayate because these words are in our Constitution,” he said, as his passionate speech was punctuated by repeated cheers and slogans.

“We are not seeking ‘azaadi’ (freedom) from India. We want ‘azaadi’ within India,” he said.

Thanking all who stood by him while he was in Tihar jail here, Kumar said he believed in the Constitution and Judiciary of India.

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