Provide protection for Kanhaiya Kumar after cavalcade attacked: D Raja to Bihar CM

CPI on Saturday sought equate protection for party leer and former Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union (JNUSU) president Kanhaiya Kumar after his cavalce was attacked in Bihar.

left-wing party's general secretary D Raja took up matter of providing security to Kanhaiya Kumar in a letter to Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar.  

Kanhaiya Kumar's cavalce was attacked in Arrah on Friday by a mob opposing his state-wide tour against Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), seriously damaging vehicle in which he was travelling and leaving several people injured.

" purpose of my writing to you is to draw your attention and seek your intervention to stop attacks on our comre Kanhaiya Kumar, who is member of National Executive of our party and former president of JNUSU," Raja said in a letter to Bihar chief minister.

"You are aware of situation in country today. BJP led government at centre has plunged whole country into a turmoil by passing Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA)," he wrote.

Raja said "it has become very clear by this time that CAA-NRC-NPR are to be understood as one entity". He said CAA is discriminatory against one particular mirity community and it is violative of basic tenet on citizenship of country's Constitution.

Kanhaiya Kumar has been leing a Jan-Gan-Man yatra in Bihar against CAA-NRC-NPR which started on January 30 from Bapudham, Champaran and is likely to conclude on February 27 at Patna.

In letter, Raja claimed re is "huge response" to this campaign. "However, some forces and miscreants who are opposed to this campaign are targeting Com. Kanhaiya Kumar and attacking his convoy. Yesterday's attack near Arrah was fatal; somehow our comre has escaped.

"In this regard, I draw your attention to what Bombay High Court has said, that is, people who want to agitate in a peaceful way cant be called traitors, anti-nationals only because y want to oppose one law," he said.

Raja requested Nitish Kumar to intervene and provide equate protection to  Kanhaiya Kumar and Jan-Gan-Man yatra and also to take action against culprits who attacked him and yatra. PTI ASG RDM

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