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| Kanhaiya Kumar to prison officials - I will be back |
In his brief stint at Tihar jail JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar seems to have won over the prison officials to his cause.
Officials say they were initially hostile to him as they had also fallen for the doctored videos. But after interacting with the student leader they changed their opinion and began to agree with him.
They say working for a society free from hunger, communalism, caste and class exploitation, as Kanhaiya says, is true nationalism.
They also agree that a hungry man has no use for empty patriotic slogans.
The Telegraph spoke to several Tihar officials on Kanhaiya's stay at Tihar.
One of the officials said his son was doing masters in Delhi University and wanted to join JNU for his PhD. "He shares the same thoughts as Kanhaiya and does it make him also an anti-national," the official asked.
Another official went to the extent of calling Kanhaiya "the new hope in these depressing times" of divisive politics.
It also helped that Kanhaiya gave tips on getting their children to crack JNU entrance.
Best of all, they recalled Kanhaiya's parting shot: "I shall continue to fight and will therefore keep coming back."