CPI candidate from Begusarai Lok Sabha seat Kanhaiya Kumar shows his inked marked finger after casting vote during the 4th phase of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, at a polling station in Begusarai, Monday, April 29, 2019. (PTI)Former JNU students union president Kanhaiya Kumar on Monday exuded confidence he will come up trumps in his much talked about electoral debut against nominees of the BJP and the RJD, asserting that people would vote from dil (hearts) and not go by dal (party). Kanhaiya is contesting from the Begusarai constituency as the CPI candidate. “In Begusarai, voting will be dil se, not dal se. Last week, CPI general secretary Sudhakar Reddy had appealed to Yadav to ask Hassan to “retire” from the contest and help the Left candidate win with an emphatic margin.

Source: The Telegraph April 30, 2019 01:41 UTC