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See today's news analysis of the Communist student's fiery speech after his
release on conditional bail from prison:
The Daily Fix: Kanhaiya Kumar’s electrifying
speech in JNU shows up India’s tired and cynical political class
Everything you need to know for the day (and a little more). Shoaib Daniyal ·
Today · 09:25 am
Photo Credit: Adnan Abidi/Reuters
The Latest: Top stories of the day
1. Modi hitsout in Parliament, says Congress has an inferiority complex that
made itdisrupt Parliament.
2. Using JNU in Uttar Pradesh: In the BJP’s rank & file, deshdrohithe new enemy.
3. A US body that monitors religious freedom has claimedthat India denied them
visas.
4. A group calling themselves “Hindus for Trump” believein the Republican so
fervently, they have portrayed him as Lord Vishnu.
5. The Border Security Force has discovereda tunnel from Pakistan to India in
Jammu.
6. Strange, but true: Chhota Rajan wantsthe Central Bureau of Investigation to
take him into its custody for all the 68cases registered against him by various
law enforcement agencies.
7. Asia Cup: India crushUAE by nine wicketsThe Big Story: Young
gunKanhaiyaKumar has had an eventful month. The Phd candidate at the Jawaharlal
Nehru Universityand president of its student’s union was accused of sedition a
fortnight ago for allegedly shoutinganti-India slogans in JNU. Fanned by
hysterical news coverage – now mostlyshown to be based on doctored videos – the
Delhi Police came into JNU andarrested him in a manner. In court, as law
andorder broke down, Kumar was punched, kicked and beaten. In Parliament,
theentire might of the government railed against this university student, as a
newbrand of hyper-nationalism was sought be sold as a political
product.OnThursday, Kumar was released on bail. Under pressure from almost the
entirestate and large powerful sections of the media, many others would have
laid lowand let this storm blow over. Kumar, a veteran of students politics,
used thisopportunity to deliver a scintillating speech on the steps of JNU’s
administrativeblock. Much has been made of Kumar’s now famous “azadi” slogan –
that was theone doctored to paint him as a separatist. Kumar used this very
controversy tohit back: “We don’t freedom fromIndia, my brothers, we want
freedom inIndia.”He elaborated: “Freedomfrom hunger, freedom from corruption,
freedom from the RSS, freedom from Manu-ism,freedom from caste – we will take
our freedoms.”Peppered with humour, Kumar’s speech was a powerful indictment of
a politicalsystem where asking for liberty has been stigmatised. After seeing
Parliamentin action this week, it was also painfully apparent just how lacking
intalent our political class was – not a single MP is an orator of this calibre.
By the endof the night, #Kanhaiyakuamr was trending not only on Indian Twitter
butglobally. As more than one commentator predicted, a political star had
beenborn.The Big ScrollStop whatever it is you’re doing and watchthe definitive
political speech of our times: Kanhaiya Kumar at JNU. Also, read Ipsita
Chakravarty on how the crowds that welcomed him were in the mood for
revolution.And whenyou’re done with that, here’ssome azadi dubstep.Listen to
the song cited above to celebrate Kanhaiya's speech on 11th Feb and it was an
instant hit, with hundreds of thousandsof downloads.Vijaya Kumar M
On Friday, March 4, 2016 9:02 AM, Marla Vijaya kumar via Marxism
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Comrades, The last 15 days have seen a remarkable change in
the Indian public mood since the Hindu fascist BJP swept to power 20 months
ago. Modi seemed invincible and the whole media was agog eulogising him.
Slowly, his carefully constructed facade startrd fading and it is now proven
that this man is a pigmy compared to what he was made out to be. But the real
power lies with the RSS, a parent secretive organization that controls the BJP,
the present ruling party. The RSS is built with the inspiration Mussolini's
Black Shirts and Hitlers Storm troopers. They are singly responsible for many
axcts of terror against minority religions and regularly fanning religious
riots to gain electoral advantage. That the Indian Left failed to check their
advance can not be denied.But now, a young 28 year old communist and PhD
student from the prestigious Jawarharlal Nehru University in Delhi and the
president of the students union, was charged with sedition and arrested. The
whole of the RSS apparatus and the government went on an overdrive linking him
to terrorists and heaping all sorts of accusations on him. The whole corporate
visual media became hysterical and began maligning the students of JNU, calling
them enemies of the nation and that the JNU should be disbanded. JNU is the
incubator for Leftist intellectuals and many eminent leftist intellectuals like
Economist Pabhat Patnaik, Historial Romilla Thapar had taught there and the
University had a rich tradition of encouraging free thinking and spirited
debates on social issues. It is precisely this that the fascist forces resented
and they had targeted JNU and its student leader. Videos of his speech were
doctored, purportedly showing that he had called for the disintegration of
India. Students and teachers of JNU and journalists were beaten up in the
presence of full force of police and the police were mere spectators.
Obviously, the Home Minister, Mr. Rajnath Singh had given instructions. The
next day, when the student leader, Kanhaiya Kumar was brought to the court, RSS
goons wearing lawyers coats entered the corut and in the presence of the judge,
began hitting the under-trial. In spite of his repeated request to the police
to save him, the police were looking the other way. Then the attackers boasted
that they will kill Kanhaiyya in custody. The Supreme Court of India had
dispatched a team of eminent lawyers to give a report and again the team of
lawyers were attached. The police had simply let off the attackers. Now a
Government Forensic Lab had established that audio of anti-Indian slogans were
added to the video footage of Kanhaiya's speech at JNU, he had delivered in
11the February. Yesterday, the Delhi Magistrate ahd certified that Kanhaiya had
no link with anti-India slogans on that day, the 11th of February. And to top
it all, it is learned that an aide of the central minister in-charge of
education (she herself is a dim-wit and gave false declaration in her election
nomination about her educational qualification) Ms. Smriti Irani had released
the doctored videos.Kanhaiya was granted 6 months bail and yesterday he gave a
fiery speech at JNU saying that he is prepared to wage a long battle.
I can proudly say that he has become the darling of millions of youth in India
and now he wants to mobolize youth and students.A new star had risen on the
Indian horizon, to challenge Modi and RSS.See for more details: A Re-Cap Of
The JNU Row: Govt, Police, BJP, Media, All Stand ExposedVijaya KUmar M
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