Uneasy calm on Jadavpur University campus day after violent protests
The Hindu
Violent protests at Jadavpur University campus lead to injuries, vandalism, and heckling of West Bengal Education Minister Bratya Basu.
An uneasy calm prevailed on the Jadavpur University campus on Sunday (March 2, 2025) morning after violent protests by Leftist students and heckling of West Bengal Education Minister Bratya Basu on the previous day.
The windscreen of the Minister's car was smashed by protesters, and two of the agitators were injured, one of them seriously, when the tyre of one of the vehicles in his convoy grazed past them.
A university official said a forensic team is expected to visit the campus on Sunday.
The University's officiating Vice-Chancellor, Bhaskar Gupta, was allegedly verbally abused by a section of Leftist students when he visited one of the injured students, Indranuj Roy, at a nearby private medical college and hospital.
The ruling Trinamool Congress's Shiksha Cell (academic wing) office on the campus, which was set ablaze by angry protesters after the minister's convoy left the university, bore telltale signs of rampage as gutted festoons, chairs and other articles were seen lying in a heap outside the room.
Angry students verbally abused Gupta when he went to meet the injured student at the hospital around 12.30 am. They accused him of doing nothing to address issues like holding union polls.
"I understand they are pained and anguished over Roy's injury and we all are wishing for his speedy recovery," he told reporters on Sunday morning.
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