Video: From Mumbai, Kanhaiya hopes to flag off student resistance

Trust JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar to find mirth even in stiff resistance Taking a jab at the alleged efforts by the Mumbai Police to derail his first appearance in the city on Saturday evening Kumar quipped ldquoThey are busy changing venues we are here to change the worldrdquo The jibe drew a thunderous applause from the participants numbering over 1500 Slogans of lsquoLal Salaamrsquo lsquoNila Salaamrsquo and lsquoJai Bhimrsquo too filled the airAlso read Its students vs police over Kanhaiya Kumar event in MumbaiCivil rights activist Teesta Setalvad seen here with Jawaharlal Nehru University Studentsrsquo Union president Kanhaiya Kumar also spoke on the occasion PicSayyed Sameer AbediAt the StudentYouth Assembly against Discrimination a programme hosted by 12 student organisations at Tilak Nagarrsquos Adarsh Vidyalaya Kanhaiya won new supporters over with his quipsHe hinted at propping up a strong opposition to the ruling party at the Centre He said politics for the current student movement washing over the country is a means to fight for justice mdash a fight that would continue till the death of capitalism and exploitation of the labour class and the oppressedAlso read With a just a day to do another change in venue for Kanhaiya Kumars Mumbai eventHe asked youngsters to join the rising movement ldquoThe movement by youngsters has just begun and it will not end till we bring about change Each part of this country should see active participation in the movement In Mumbai too we want our representatives to go doortodoor and explain to people the Constitution and their rights Educate everybody so that they begin to question the governmentrsquos disastrous policies They the government are targeting a few higher education institutions Let us create a society that will rethink government policiesrdquoTaking on ModiThe firebrand orator mocked the central governmentrsquos Make in India policy dubbing it Fake in IndialdquoA girl died in Maharashtrarsquos droughthit Marathwada and the Prime Minister of this country is busy with his selfies and wax statue The current generation cannot to be fooled If the government fails to bring about the change it had promised the people will change themrdquo he warnedLashing out at divisive party politics and suggesting that the central government came to power riding on a wave of communal riots he said ldquoMaharashtra once saw Ram Rath We will have to bring alive the ideology of saintpoet Tukaram of the state not the Bhagwa saffron Ram of the communal governmentrdquoAgain training guns on Prime Minister Narendra Modi Kanhaiya said ldquoIrsquom constantly asked how I manage to travel the country since I come from an underprivileged background Where is our PM getting the funds to go around the world like Vasco da GamardquoAlso read Rejected by all top venues Kanhaiya Kumars Mumbai debut will be at Worli schoolOther student leaders stressed on the need for leaders from every nook and cranny of the countryThey student leaders demanded the implementation of their proposed Rohith Act which aims at eradicating castebased discrimination on campuses On May 5 a student convention will be organised in Delhi where a committee will be formed to work on the draft of the Act