"The fact is that the police have no solid basis to file a charge sheet against me in the sedition case. If the case against me was important, then why the police did not file the charge sheet in a court so far?", Kumar, a former president of Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union, told a gathering here last evening.
"I am not giving proof of my innocence. I am just exposing the false propaganda of some people. The issue of sloganeering in JNU was only raised to distract the attention from the debate after the death of Dalit researcher Rohit Vemula," he said.
He said if he had observed Afzal Guru's death anniversary he would not have been released on bail in the sedition case.
Kumar also took a dig at the Narendra Modi government over the BJP's slogan of "Achhe Din Aayenge" (good days will come), before the Lok Sabha elections.
He expressed solidarity with the ongoing movement of people displaced in Madhya Pradesh due to the Sardar Sarovar Dam project.
"In the name of rehabilitation, the Madhya Pradesh government has made arrangements for the displaced people to stay in stable-like sheds. We strongly protest against this," he said.
He participated as a special guest in a programme organised by the CPI's campus and youth wings All India Students Federation and the All India Youth Federation.
Some local right wing groups protested against the programme due to Kanhaiya's alleged involvement in the anti-India sloganeering last year.
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