544: Slamming Kanhaiya Kumar For His Caste Is Misguided and Narrow

Mainland liberals and progressives were more than okay with former JNUSU President Kanhaiya Kumar as long as he was sloganeering with JNU students, getting beaten up by lawyers, and facing jail time as an “anti-national”. But their favour eroded quickly as they witnessed his soaring rise to becoming the CPI candidate from Begusarai in Bihar, and how people were gladly putting their money on him. For more podcasts from The Quint, check out our [Podcasts](https://www.thequint.com/news/podcast) section.