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Congress leader and former JNU student union president Kanhaiya Kumar is contesting from the North-East Delhi parliamentary constituency in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections..
On 17 May 2024, Kanhaiya Kumar was slapped, and ink was thrown at him by two persons during his election campaign in Delhi (here& here)...
According to this report, JNU Students Union President Kanhaiya Kumar was taken to the JNU Health Center after he fell ill following a hunger strike...
Following this event, student leaders Kanhaiya Kumar, Umar Khalid, and Anirban Bhattacharya were arrested on sedition charges...
The committees report, released on 25 April 2016, led JNU authorities to fine Kanhaiya Kumar Rs 10,000 and to rusticate Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya for one semester each..
