Kanhaiya Kumar and Jignesh Mevani joins congress

Former JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar and Gujarat MLA Jignesh Mevani and Tuesday joined the Congress party in New Delhi. Earlier in the day, they met former party president Rahul Gandhi.

“I am joining Congress because it is not just a party, it is an idea. It’s the country’s oldest and most democratic party, and I am emphasising on ‘democratic’…Not just me many think that country can’t survive without Congress…” Kanhaiya Kumar was quoted as saying by ANI after joining Congress.

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Kanhaiya  former JNU student union president who gained massive national attention with his fearless speeches against the Narendra Modi government, and then went on to unsuccessfully try his hand at electoral politics as a CPI candidate.

Mevani, a Dalit leader, emerged along with Hardik and Alpesh Thakore as the youth face challenging the BJP dominance in Gujarat during the 2017 Assembly elections. He won from the reserved Vadgam Assembly seat in north Gujarat in 2017,

He said :“On September 28, I will be joining the Indian National Congress along with Kanhaiya Kumar. I have nothing more to say till then.”