Communist Party leader Kanhaiya Kumar’s response to a student from Mangalore is going viral on social media after the girl questioned his views on the idea of ‘one nation’, chant of ‘Jai Shri Ram’ and the Ramayana.
Speaking in Mangalore at the ‘Youth at Crossroads’ event during the centenary celebrations of CPI leader BV Kakkilaya, Kumar was confronted by a member among the audience.
The episode began with a girl greeting Kumar by saying “Jai Shri Ram” and demanded that Kumar should chant ‘Jai Hind’ ahead of the Independence Day.
“You said ‘Jai Shri Ram,’ but where I come from, we chant ‘Sita Ram’,” replied Kumar to a round of applause by the audience.