Kanhaiya Kumar to file nomination for LS polls today

In a star-studded political show, former president of the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union (JNUSU) and CPI candidate Kanhaiya Kumar is set to file his nomination  for the Lok Sabha election 2019 from Begusarai seat in Bihar today.

For the elections, Kanhaiya Kumar had launched an online crowdfunding platform to collect money to contest the elections.

When CPI candidate Kanhaiya Kumar files his nominations from the Begusarai Lok Sabha constituency, one would witness a host of celebrities.Bollywood stars and political activists such as Javed Akhtar, Shabana Azmi, Swara Bhaskar and Prakash Raj, claimed a close associate of Kanhaiya.

This is however a tentative list and even if some of them do not show up, they would join Kumar during the campaign.

The others who would attend are Hardik Patel and Jignesh Mevani, HT said while quoting Kumar's brother, Prince Kumar. The others who would extend support are Rohit Vemula's mother and also the mother of Najeeb Ahmed, the JNU students who went missing under suspicious circumstances.