NEW DELHI: A bitter row over a student’s arrest for sedition at a prestigious Indian university has exposed deep divisions between liberal intellectuals and the nationalist government in the world’s biggest democracy.
Student union leader Kanhaiya Kumar is accused of shouting “anti-India slogans” during a rally at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in New Delhi to mark the anniversary of the execution of a Kashmiri separatist leader.
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