Cong galvanising Bihar neta for anti-CAA Patna rally

The Congress is riding high on the popularity of student leader Kanhaiya Kumar who is leading the anti-CAA protest in Bihar which started from Champaran on January 30. Party secretary Shakil Khan, who is also a former JNU Student Union President, is also with Kanhaiya Kumar in this movement which will end up with a massive rally in Gandhi Maidan here on February 27.

Speaking to IANS, Shakeel Khan termed Kanhaiya Kumar the "roohe-rawan (soul)" of this movement, which is drawing huge crowds across the state. "All the opposition leaders, including leaders from the RJD, and the RLSP have been invited for the grand rally and we will pressurise the government to pass an anti-CAA resolution as the Assembly is in session," Shakil Khan, who is also an MLA, said.

He also stressed that "this movement is for a cause and there is no politics into it".

The rally on February 27 could see presence of all the leaders who have been at the front of anti-CAA movement, as Mahatma Gandhi's great-grandson Tushar Gandhi, Jignesh Mevani, Sadaf Jafar, and current JNUSU President Aishe Ghosh have been invited.

Congress is trying to build pressure on government to withdraw the controversial law. Khan, asked why he is with Kanhaiya Kumar, said: “The CWC has passed a resolution on this issue... the party's stand is very clear and our leader Rahul Gandhi has addressed several (anti-CAA) public meeting. We also sat on protest at Rajghat.”