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Left, which is battling hard to counter Trinamool Congress in Bengal wants to bank on Kanhaiya's popularity and attract the youth. Notably, the B J P is also pitching in hard to make inroads into the state. Besides Bengal, the Left has a significant presence in Kerala and it would like Kanhaiya, who is a leader of All India Students' Federation , the students' wing of CPI, to target the Oommen Chandy-led UDF government.
After returning to JNU campus Thursday night, the university's students' union leader Kanhaiya said they are seeking freedom within the country and not from India, as he hurled barbs at Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Addressing students at the campus hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying, he had many differences with the PM but he agreed with his tweet "Satyameva Jayate" which he had posted in praise of HRD Minister Smriti Irani's fiery speech in Lok Sabha on the JNU row as it is in the Constitution.
Zee Media Bureau