JNU Row: Kanhaiya Kumar Questions The Crowd For Deepika Padukone’s Sudden Change From Patriot To Traitor

Deepika Padukone took the internet by storm after she was spotted at the prestigious JNU campus, as she stood in support of the students protesting there. And now, in his response to the actress’ support, CPI leader and former JNU Students’ Union (JNUSU) president Kanhaiya Kumar said that Deepika Padukone, who was earlier a patriot has now become a traitor!

Well, hold your horses; Kanhaiya was taking a jibe at the BJP with his statement! The man was speaking with context to the time when Deepika Padukone was the face of a certain BJP campaign. And now when she is opposed to something that the same government is doing, she has been labeled as a traitor.

Addressing a crowd outside the premises of the Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry, Kanhaiya Kumar said, “A Hindi cinema actress came to the university but did not raise slogans, did not take Modiji’s name, did not take mota bhai’s name. She just came and met the injured students. But calls were given to boycott her film…. Deepika Padukone was patriotic when she participated in a campaign for Modiji and became a traitor after coming to JNU.”

It may be recalled that Padukone and badminton player PV Sindhu were named ambassadors for the Modi Governments Bharat Ki Laxmi initiative on October 22 last year. The initiative was aimed at bringing to light the commendable work done by women across the country ahead of the festival of Diwali.