Hyderabad, Sept. 28 -- Former Jawaharlal Nehru University Student's Union (JNUSU) president Kanhaiya Kumar and Gujarati Dalit leader Jignesh Mevani on Tuesday joined the Indian National Congress.

They were inducted at a function at the all party India Congress Committee headquarters in New Delhi in the presence of Wayanad member of Parliament and former Congress president Rahul Gandhi. Speculations were rife from the last few weeks that they were set to join the grand old party.

The former CPI leader and Gujarat member of legislative assembly (MLA) Jignesh mewani attended a Congress press conference after joining the party.

Kumar was earlier with the CPI which he joined ahead of the 2019 general election. Subsequently, he contested fro...