"How Will Dr. Kanhaiya Treat His Patients?" Right Wing Outfit Confuses PhD 'Dr' With Medical 'Dr'

NEW DELHI: A little known right wing group, the Veer Sena, has expressed a very - shall we say - interesting concern regarding Jawaharlal Nehru University Student Union President Kanhaiya Kumar. How will Dr. Kumar treat his patients once he has completed his doctorate, the right wing group has questioned.

“We know that he (Kanhaiya Kumar) is pursuing his PhD from JNU and he is threatening to break the nation to pieces. How can a person like him serve the patients who will approach him after he becomes a doctor?” asked Niranjan Pal of the Veer Sena as quoted by The Hindu. "I do not know how will he provide service to his patients, diagnose them and carry out operations."

The Veer Sena, for those who haven’t heard of it, is part of a group of right wing organisations which have vowed to stop Mr. Kumar from addressing a crowd in Mumbai on April 23.

When Mr. Pal was corrected -- as people pointed out that Kanhaiya Kumar was majoring in African Studies and not medicine -- the Veer Sena leader refused to budge. “So? He will become a doctor anyway and patients will approach him,” he said.

The Veer Sena is part of a conglomerate of groups, self styled as ‘patriotic and devout Hindu organisations’, that held a press conference threatening that if Kanhaiya Kumar comes to Mumbai, there will be consequences. In a melee of misguided statements -- from Kumar “spoil[ing] the city’s atmosphere” should he make it to Mumbai to Kumar not being allowed to live in India -- Pal’s doctor statement takes the cake.

The reactions on Twitter say it all: