Country heading towards civil war, claims Kanhaiya

Mumbai: Kanhaiya Kumar, former president of the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union, has warned that India is slowly heading towards a civil war. Riots are no longer limited to big cities, but have slowly entered the homes of people, the youth stated while speaking at an event in the city on Saturday.

“India is slowly heading towards a civil war, even if we cannot see it clearly. Riots are not an issue related to cities anymore. Riots have crept into the homes of people,” he said.

Stating that lines have been drawn in homes and villages, and localities dominated by Muslims are being called ‘mini-Pakistan’, Mr Kumar said,  “Communalism has become poisonous to such an extent that people have been divided in villages. People from outside are not needed for riots, locals do the work.”

Violence has been normalised, while basic questions like food, clothing and shelter, and issues related to farmers, education, health have fallen by the wayside, he added.

Claiming that Bharatiya Janata Party-led government is being run on speeches and propaganda, Mr Kumar said, “If there is growth in GDP, but agriculture, textile and construction is not included (while computing numbers), there is a big problem. 12,000 farmers have ended their lives in one year. If farmers are committing suicide and companies providing them with insurance make a profit of Rs 10,000 crore, then there is a problem.”

The government undertook demonetisation to curb black money and counterfeit currency, but within a month of the note ban, fake currency with a face value of Rs 10 lakh was found, he added.