Jadavpur University Raises Anti-National Slogans

Protestors at the university were expressing solidarity with their counterparts in JNU

Jadavpur University student`s union stage a demonstration against the Centre with regard to the happenings at the Jawaharlal Nehru University in Kolkata on Feb 15, 2016. (Photo: IANS)

Slogans in favour of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru were raised in a rally brought out by Jadavpur University students Kolkata on Tuesday.

The protestors were expressing solidarity with their counterparts in Jawaharlal Nehru University agitating against the arrest of Kanhaiya Kumar for alleged sedition.

During the rally brought from Jadavpur University campus to Gol Park in South Kolkata by students of all faculties of the university, slogans like “Afzal bole azadi, Geelani bole azadi” and “Chhinke lenge azadi” were raised.

Other slogans like “Freedom from RSS, freedom from Modi government”, “Jab Kashmir ne maangi azadi, Manipur bhi boli azadi” were also raised.

When contacted, SFI local committee secretary Samanya Raha, who took part in the rally, said it was a “mass gathering” to protest against the arrest of Kanhaiya Kumar on the charge of sedition.