Kanhaiya Kumar meets Rahul Gandhi along with students' delegation
Gandhi was severely criticised for throwing his weight behind the JNU students.
New Delhi: After a series of protests over the alleged pro-Afzal Guru event at JNU campus on February 9, the JNUSU student president Kanhaiya Kumar met Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi at his residence in New Delhi on Tuesday.
Kumar was accompanied by a delegation of students from various student unions like JNUSU and AISF (All India Students Federation).
This was for the first time when Gandhi met Kanhaiya after a series of protest that followed immediately after the JNUSU president was put behind bars for his alleged involvement in the Afzal Guru event and anti-national remarks.
Earlier, the Congress Vice President had come out in full support for Kanhaiya amid the unrest at JNU.
Gandhi was severely criticised for throwing his weight behind the JNU students, especially when a section of the political circle ridiculed the varsity for its anti-national stand.
Rahul, who had also joined the protest march demanding justice for Kanhaiya, attacked the Centre and Prime Minister Narendra Modi for crushing dissent across the country and pitched for a law to protect them from 'discrimination' and 'suppression'.
Kanhaiya has garnered support from several politicians, the latest being Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, who came under fire for saying that the student leader had several similarities with freedom fighter Bhagat Singh.