Kanhaiya Kumar On The Sedition Case

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Nearly three years after allegations of organising an "anti-national" event in Jawaharlal Nehru University made Kanhaiya Kumar a household name, the Delhi police has finally filed a 1,200-page chargesheet against him and nine others. But speaking at an All India Professionals’ Congress event recently, he explained why he remains unfazed and unfussed by the claims.

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00:00We will not let them hang like Gandhi, nor will we let them be hanged like Bhagat Singh.

00:05We are the millennial boys of the 21st century.

00:07We will not let Gandhi and Bhagat Singh be hanged for 1.7 lakh rupees.

00:30We will not let them hang for 1.7 lakh rupees.

00:43They have adopted a method.

00:45A joke was going on.

00:47When BJP lost in three states,

00:49Modi ji called Yogi ji.

00:51What should we do now?

00:53Let's change the name of Congress to BJP.

00:56They enjoy changing names.

01:01They can't be patriots.

01:03They have started calling those who are patriots as traitors.

01:09It was very bad in the beginning.

01:11It was very bad in the beginning.

01:13Because it is like a curse.

01:16If someone calls you a traitor and you are not,

01:19it is like a curse.

01:21If someone calls you a traitor, you feel bad.

01:23If someone calls you a Bihari, you feel bad.

01:30What is the meaning of saying that?

01:33What is the connotation?

01:35I understood the connotation.

01:37The connotation is that they are traitors.

01:41History knows this.

01:43They call others traitors and try to prove their patriotism.

01:48Now I don't feel bad.

01:51We have to understand how propaganda is created.

01:55Why is it created?

01:57How are all our basic issues diverted?

02:03If only 8000 US students study,

02:098000,

02:10who can be tackled by the government whenever they want,

02:13why is it presented as such a big issue?

02:17So that this message can be given to you,

02:20that Modi ji is a very strict man,

02:22he will not tolerate anything against the country.

02:25And while being a watchman,

02:27Neeraj Modi ran away with 35,000 crores.

02:30The watchman did nothing.

02:32Understand this contrast.

02:34Neeraj Modi should not be questioned.

02:37That is why the question of JLU has been raised.

02:39The question of the suicide of farmers should not be asked in this country.

02:43That is why Kanhaiya Kumar's memo was raised.

02:45What will happen?

02:46One person is so big from the system.

02:48It is a proof.

02:50I understand this hatred.

02:54And the rumours spread because of this hatred.

02:57And with that rumour,

02:59the democracy that is being tried to make a mass democracy,

03:02was one of its first targets.

03:06The attempt was to lynch it in the court.

03:10I will tell you what happened later.

03:13If he died,

03:15would you have reacted to your watchman's message?

03:18Did you raise slogans or not?

03:21What happens when you raise slogans?

03:23For one minute, assume that you raised slogans.

03:26Although I do not have the charge that I raised slogans.

03:29I have the charge that I did not stop the slogans.

03:32And being President, you did not stop.

03:36So being Prime Minister, you did not stop.

03:41What will happen?

03:44I do not have the charge that I raised slogans.

03:48That is why the media has raised charges.

03:51Let it come to the court.

03:53We are waiting.

03:55I am not saying that I am Bhagat Singh.

03:57No, no, no.

03:58I am not.

03:59Neither will I let them shoot like Gandhi.

04:01Nor will I hang myself like Bhagat Singh.

04:03We are the millennial boys of the 21st century.

04:06Gandhi and Bhagat Singh,

04:08they will be hanged together in this country.

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