Veer Sena leader Niranjan Pal, who wanted to register his opposition to the April 23 rally in Mumbai to be held by Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Students’ Union president Kanhaiya Kumar, ended up
Veer Sena leader Niranjan Pal, who wanted to register his opposition to the April 23 rally in Mumbai to be held by Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Students’ Union president Kanhaiya Kumar, ended up showing he could not differentiate between the doctorate awarded based on research (PhD) and the degree awarded based on medical studies (MBBS).
In a press conference on Thursday, Mr Pal questioned how Mr Kumar would “treat” patients, when the latter is in fact pursuing a PhD.
“Kanhaiya who threatened to break the country is trying to become a doctor by completing his PhD. I do not know how will he provide service to his patients, diagnose them and carry out operations ” Mr Pal said. Even after being repeatedly told by the media that PhD is different from MBBS, the Hindutva leader did not realise his mistake and went on reiterating his stand.
Mr Kumar is pursuing his PhD in African Studies at JNU not the medical degree.
“Kanhaiya is anti-national and he had shouted slogans against the country. We will not allow him to come to Mumbai. His rally could create law and order situation in the city and police should not give permission to his rally,” Mr Pal said.
The press conference was organised by Hindu Janjagruti Samitee, which is associated with the controversial body Sanatan Sanstha and has in the past carried out controversial campaigns like Love Jihad. However, Veer Sena is a little known organisation in Hindutva circles.
Hindutva factions had also opposed Mr Kumar in Nagpur last week. Despite this, left wing students’ organisations have been conducting his rallies in Mumbai, Pune, Beed and Aurangabad.