Assam polls: Kanhaiya Kumar poster boy for Congress, jail hoardings fill Guwahati skyline

GUWAHATI: Kanhaiya Kumar, the leader of All India Students Federation, the student body of the CPI, is the poster boy of Congress’ outdoor campaign in poll-bound Assam. In Guwahati, Congress has put up huge hoardings depicting the president of Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union in jail.

This even as Left parties, which are contesting around 59 seats in Assam, is in touch with Kumar to campaign for them in the state.

Suprakash Talukdar, state secretariat member of CPM told ET: “We have got in touch with Kanahiya, he is likely to campaign for Left parties in Assam. It is good that Congress stood by Kanahiya and is using his picture to depict the NDA government’s high handedness but Congress must not forget that it to had imposed Emergency which gagged free speech.”

Assam CM Tarun Gogoi kick started the debate about Kanhaiya in Assam.