Kanhaya Kumar speaking at the event in Guwahati on Saturday.

Former Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) studentsโ€™ union president Kanhaiya Kumar on Saturday faced protest from the members of a right-wing group as he arrived here to speak at an event.

Kumar was in Guwahati as the special guest at an event organised by a digital media group at cityโ€™s Don Bosco School in Panbazaar.

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Activists from right-wing organisation-Bajrang Dalโ€“ tried to storm the auditorium and disrupt Kanhaiya Kumarโ€™s lecture.

Holding placards in hands, they also shouted slogans like- โ€˜Kanhaiya Kumar murdabadโ€™, โ€˜Kanhaiya Kumar Go Backโ€™, โ€˜Kanhaiya Kumar deshdrohiโ€™โ€“against the former JNU student union leader.

Speaking at the lecture, Kumar attacked the Narendra Modi government, saying BJP government is working at the interest of the corporate groups.

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โ€œModi government has worked at the interest of capitalists and common people have to pay the price for the pro-capitalists policies adopted by Modi government,โ€ said the left leader.