Teachers, students stop ABVP rally from entering JU campus
19, Feb 2016
The rally was taken out a day after BJP national secretary Rahul Sinha had said that JU students should be “beaten up” for indulging in anti-national activities in the name of protests against the arrest of JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar.
Written by Arshad Ali , Premankur Biswas | Kolkata | Published:February 19, 2016 12:11 am
High drama prevailed on the Jadavpur University campus as teachers and students Thursday formed a human chain at the gates to restrict the entry of a rally by ABVP (Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad).
Alleging that “anti-national” slogans favouring Parliament terror attack convict Afzal Guru were raised on the campus, ABVP brought out a rally from Golpark to the campus in which BJP leaders such as actor-turned politician Rupa Ganguly, Locket Chatterjee and Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose kin Chandra Bose were present.
The rally was taken out a day after BJP national secretary Rahul Sinha had said that JU students should be “beaten up” for indulging in anti-national activities in the name of protests against the arrest of JNU student union president Kanhaiya Kumar.
