19, Feb 2016

Feb 19, 2016 |
• PTI
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• Begusarai (Bihar)

JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar’s father on Thursday refused to accept security at his home here and alleged that his son was “punished” by BJP and RSS for defeating their candidate in the students’ union elections.
“We politely urged the policemen to go back as we do not require security. The entire village is with us,” Kumar’s father Jaishankar Singh told PTI.
“Instead of us, please provide security to my son who was mercilessly beaten up by lawyers during production in the Patiala House court,” Jaishankar, who is confined to his home due to paralytic stroke two years ago, said.
A day after Kanhaiya was assaulted by lawyers in the court complex, the police on Thursday deployed security at his home.
The JNUSU president’s mother Meena Devi is an Aganwadi worker, earning Rs 4,000 a month and running the household. Jaishankar alleged that his son was “punished” by BJP and RSS for defeating their candidate in the JNU student’s union polls. “They are out to destroy the career of my son for following a different ideology,” he alleged. Kanhaiya’s native home is in Masnadpur Tola in Bihat village under Barauni police station, about 30 km from the town headquarters of Begusarai.