INDIANow, Kanhaiya Kumar says Kashmir is an integral part of India
TNN | Mar 18, 2016, 07.55 PM IST
JNU Students Union president Kanhaiya Kumar. (PTI photo)
NEW DELHI: JNU Students Union president Kanhaiya Kumar, against whom sedition charges have been slapped for raising "anti-India" slogans, on Friday said Kashmir is an integral part of India and so Indians can discuss the issues pertaining to Kashmiris at any forum.
Speaking at the India Today conclave, Kumar said, "There is no doubt that Kashmir is an integral part of India. And since Kashmiris are Indians, we can always discuss their issues."
Kumar denied supporting the executed Kashmiri militant Afzal Guru for his role in the terror attack on Parliament, but said he opposed capital punishment.
"Our protest (on February 9) was against capital punishment, not in support of Afzal," he said, adding that even if an ABVP activist was given capital punishment, he would oppose it," he said. "The JNU culture promotes debate and discussion. It is not our culture to stop people from speaking or putting forth their point of view, even if we do not agree with it," he added.
Asked why he did not stop people from raising anti-India slogans at the JNU campus on February 9, he said neither he or nor his All India Students Federation (AISF) supported anti-India slogans or Kashmir's secession.
A new complaint against Kumar was filed for his remarks on March 9 during a Women's Day speech late on March 8.
"No matter how much you try to stop us, we will speak up against human rights violations. We will raise our voice against AFSPA. While we have a lot of respect for our soldiers, we will still talk about the fact that in Kashmir women are raped by security personnel," Kumar reportedly said while addressing students during the event.
"During war in Rwanda 1000 women were raped. In Africa during the ethnic conflict, when military attacks other group firstly their women were raped. You take example of Gujarat, women were not just killed but were raped first," the JNU student leader purportedly said at the event.
Following this, the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha filed a complaint in Vasant Vihar police station saying these remarks were "anti-national" and that Kumar defied his bail conditions.
(With inputs from IANS)
Speaking at the India Today conclave, Kumar said, "There is no doubt that Kashmir is an integral part of India. And since Kashmiris are Indians, we can always discuss their issues."
Kumar denied supporting the executed Kashmiri militant Afzal Guru for his role in the terror attack on Parliament, but said he opposed capital punishment.
"Our protest (on February 9) was against capital punishment, not in support of Afzal," he said, adding that even if an ABVP activist was given capital punishment, he would oppose it," he said. "The JNU culture promotes debate and discussion. It is not our culture to stop people from speaking or putting forth their point of view, even if we do not agree with it," he added.
Asked why he did not stop people from raising anti-India slogans at the JNU campus on February 9, he said neither he or nor his All India Students Federation (AISF) supported anti-India slogans or Kashmir's secession.
A new complaint against Kumar was filed for his remarks on March 9 during a Women's Day speech late on March 8.
"No matter how much you try to stop us, we will speak up against human rights violations. We will raise our voice against AFSPA. While we have a lot of respect for our soldiers, we will still talk about the fact that in Kashmir women are raped by security personnel," Kumar reportedly said while addressing students during the event.
"During war in Rwanda 1000 women were raped. In Africa during the ethnic conflict, when military attacks other group firstly their women were raped. You take example of Gujarat, women were not just killed but were raped first," the JNU student leader purportedly said at the event.
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now no one is interested in ur faltu bakaass, JuSt shuy up and go to hell or Bihar as Bihar is also hell and is suitable place for biharis only.Following this, the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha filed a complaint in Vasant Vihar police station saying these remarks were "anti-national" and that Kumar defied his bail conditions.
(With inputs from IANS)
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