"Saying Vande Mataram, hosting national flag not allowed in Jadavpur," claims Suvendu Adhikari
Aug 17, 2023
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], August 18 : West Bengal Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari claimed that saying Vande Mataram and hosting the national flag is not allowed in Jadavpur University which is in the news due to a death of an undergraduate student.
Speaking to ANI, Suvendu Adhikari said, "Some students told me that saying Vande Mataram and hosting the national flag is not allowed at Jadavpur University. Everyone is aware of their activities".
In an attack aimed at Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, the senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader said that Mamata Banerjee being anti-national herself is "protecting anti-national forces".
"Mamata Banerjee, herself is anti-national and she is protecting anti-national forces. In 12 years, Mamata Banerjee's government has done nothing. Mamata's close acquaintances are involved in the incidents, oppression that is taking place here," Adhikari said.
Reacting to the four-member fact-finding committee set up by the Mamata Banerjee government to probe the student death case, the BJP leader said that it is all a "farce".
"This is a farce. The Jadavpur incident has enraged the public in West Bengal. The BJP is running a Yuva Morcha protest against the incident."
Speaking on the demands of the BJP, Adhikari said, "We demand an SIT under a sitting Judge, those who are accused should be punished by immediately filing charge sheets against them...action should also be taken against those who were in charge of administrative duties."
Earlier in the day, Suvendu Adhikari joined the protest by West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party Youth Morcha at Kolkata's Jadavpur to condemn the incident of the death of Jadavpur University student.
Adhikari held a placard with 'Ragging Free Campus is our right' written on it while participating in the protest. Speaking at the protests Suvendu said "This student's death has served as an eyeopener for us...For long Jadavapur University had housed anti-national forces, all kinds of wrongdoing."
Meanwhile, a four-member fact-finding committee has been formed by the state government regarding the Jadavpur student death case. The committee is slated to submit its report within two weeks.
A first-year student of Jadavpur University, identified as Swarnodip Kundu, died after allegedly falling from the balcony of the university's hostel on the night of August 9. He was allegedly subjected to ragging before his death.
