Kerala, Dec 23 :
A law student became the centre of attraction during a demonstration held by the Congress party in Kozhikode against the amended Citizenship Act. Manu Arjun, district secretary of Kerala Students Union (KSU), invigorated the participants with his ‘Azadi’ slogans, prompting senior party leader Shashi Tharoor to call him ‘Kerala’s Kanhaiya Kumar’.
A final year student at Kozhikode Law College, Manu says he got the opportunity to chant slogans unexpectedly during the demonstration. Inspired by rallies of former JNU students leader Kanhaiya Kumar, Manu didn’t have a second thought before going with the ‘Azadi’ slogans, which once had reverberated the campus of the prestigious university. Manu was thrilled when senior leaders like Tharoor and DCC president T. Siddiq chanted the slogans along with him. The videos of the protest event has since then gone viral. According to Manorama Online, Manu hails from Wayanad district of Kerala. Having lost his parents in the tender age, Manu had to face quite a lot of hardships during his childhood and study. After Plus Two, Manu worked in a call centre in Kochi for a year. During this time, he prepared for LLB entrance exam.
Students at various universities and colleges across the country have been protesting against the CAA, ever since the controversial bill was was passed bthe Parliament.
According to the legislation, members of Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi and Christian communities, who have come from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan, till December 31, 2014 facing religious persecution there, will not be treated as illegal immigrants but given Indian citizenship.
