People aware of the developments say Tejashwi Yadav is fearful of the Communist Party of India (CPI) leader Kanhaiya Kumar.

Updated: September 3, 2018 7:21:14 am For the past 19 days, Nandini Kumari, 17, has been travelling through Bihar in the Jan Gan Man Yatra against the CAA-NPR-NRC, spearheaded by Communist Party of India leader Kanhaiya Kumar.Nandini started the yatra from Gandhiji's ashram in Bhitiharwa, West Champaran and will be at Patna's Gandhi Maidan on February 27 when the yatra culminates in a rally. The Kanhaiya factor. ""People -- especially the youth -- treat him like a hero and have a lot of love for him. Local stay and food is looked after by individual organisations in the districts the yatra passes through.Nandini returned to her village on Monday and will take a bus from the village to Araria town, 70 km away. A woman sustained a blow to the head. Kanhaiya Kumar is an Indian politician who is a former President of the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Students' Union. There were reports that Kanhaiya Kumar will be contesting the 2019 elections from the Begusarai seat in Bihar on a Communist Party of India ticket. Few struck some people in the yatra, says Tanmay, who was seated in the bus. They want to take selfies with him, but he carries his stardom with responsibility," says Jha. The yatra started at Gandhiji's ashram in Bhitiharwa and will culminate in a rally at the Gandhi Maidan, Patna. "You must understand the background that they come from -- they are coming from a milieu where grooms are being found for girls their age," Tanmay Kumar, an activist, tells me over the phone from Araria, taking the call from a public meeting addressed by activist Kavita Krishnan.Nandini, along with Nitu and Priyanka, are amongst the youngest members of the yatra's 60 to 70 member entourage. (HT PHOTO.) They collect donations from the crowd at every sabha for petrol and other expenses. "I like that," says the Class 10 student, the daughter of a Dalit farmer from Araria district which borders Nepal. Kanhaiya Kumar also has the gift of words, as a young man, he had won several debating competitions organised by the Communist party." "Political leaders, NGOs, journalists, activists -- the oldest is 70 and youngest 17," says Tanmay. They started throwing stones on the entourage and broke Kanhaiya's car window. The money they collect is used for petrol and towards expenses for the grand rally in Patna.Before every public sabha, an announcement is made from the stage and the girls weave through the crowd with boxes to collect whatever people contribute willingly. Former JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar said on Sunday that though he was open to contesting the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, it was his party, CPI and the alliance that would take a call on it. Who will marry you if you go off like this?' 'What if you don't come back? Once a stone hit the window where she was sitting and she ducked and moved to the other side to escape being hurt.The Valentine's Day attack was the most brutal, says Nivedita Jha, a former journalist and acting Bihar president of the National Forum for Indian Women, who is a member of the yatra's coordination committee.Kanhaiya Kumar's police escort -- 4 to 5 constables -- pulled him out of the car to safety in the nick of time. "On the weekend, a delegation from the yatra, met Bihar Home Secretary Amit Suhani to express their concern about the continued attacks. "There were men on bikes who had covered their faces with hankies. She will then board the train to Patna along with others to attend the rally on the 27th.She says she has an Aadhar card, but does not have any other document.I ask if she wasn't scared when the yatra was attacked eight times in front of her eyes.IMAGE: Communist Party of India leader Kanhaiya Kumar addresses a meeting in Sasaram during the Jan Gan Man Yatra in opposition to the CAA-NPR-NRC in Bihar. Kanhaiya Kumar's police escort -- 4 to 5 constables -- pulled him out of the car to safety in the nick of time. Tejashwi’s fear is more pronounced these days because the former president of JNU students’ union is travelling all over Bihar and … Her parents allowed her to go for the yatra, but her friend Priyanka's mother wept for hours before giving permission. … "The yatra is people funded, we don't get money from any political party or corporation. It is crowd funding in the real sense," continues Tanmay, adding that the girls have raised Rs 150,000 from their humble A hundred people's organisations, including those aligned to the Left parties, women's groups, human rights organisations, workers unions etc, opposed to the CAA-NPR-NRC, are participating in the movement. "He says if you don't get a job then you won't get a bride either.