Kumar was speaking at a panel discussion on 'From Bihar to Tihar' at Times LitFest here.
"Despite several differences (he may have with Narendra Modi), Modi is better than Trump. There has been a rise in authoritative sentiment across the world and if you see the kind of language that was used in (US) presidential election, the comments made against migrants and women were unprecedented," said Kumar, who earlier this year faced a sedition case over 'anti-national' slogans at Jawaharlal Nehru University.
Speaking about Najeeb Ahmed, JNU student who has been missing for the past several weeks, Kumar said, "Government is actually doing nothing but throwing some issues before us. It is happening because there is no powerful opposition that would keep a check on this government. The issues of Dadri (lynching by cow-vigilantes), JNU's anti-national slogans and Najeeb's missing are being diverted.
"In Dadri case, the committee is focusing on whether it was beef or not, in Rohith Vemula case the committee was set up to decide his caste, in JNU's anti-national slogan case the committee was set up to find out whether footage was doctored or not and there are many other similar cases," he said.
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