Kanhaiya's parents rebut Mayawati's 'anti-Dalit' charge

JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar's family took a strong objection to BSP supremo Mayawati's remarks against their son wherein the former UP CM called him anti-Dalit and a stooge of the Left parties. M I Khan/ Rediff.com report for Patna.

Family members of Jawaharlal Nehru University Students University President Kanhaiya Kumar have raised objection to Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati's castiest remarks against him.

Mayawati, while addressing a function commemorating the birth anniversary of Dr B R Ambedkar in Luckhnow, had said that Kanhaiya was not Dalit but anti-Dalit.

"Kanhaiya belongs to Bhumihar, an upper caste and has been misguiding Dalits," she'd said.

Mayawati appealed Dalits not to follow him.

"Kanhaiya is the puppet of the Left parties and he is talking about Ambedkar's idea to fight poverty," she had charged.

Kanhaiya's parents -- mother Meena Devi and his father Jaishankar Singh -- also criticised Mayawati for attacking their son from a caste-based perspective.

"Our son is fighting against injustice, suppression and for cause of marginalised. It is wrong to dub him as anti-Dalit. He is very pro Dalit," they said.

"We strongly objected to Mayawati's castiest remarks against Kanhaiya. It is not necessary to be Dalit to fight for them and against their oppression. Kanhaiya has been fighting against this injustice a long time," Kanhaiya's younger brother Prince Kumar, who stay with his parents in Biha in Bihar's Begusarai district, said.

"Mayawati is a national leader and should be careful about her words and language," Prince Kumar added.

Kanhaiya's family also expressed concern over reports of increasing threats to his lie.