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Suvendu Adhikari flays Azadi slogans at Jadavpur event
West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Friday participated in a Vande Mataram recital near Jadavpur University and criticised students raising Azadi slogans. He asked what freedom they wanted, referencing drugs and…
West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Friday participated in a Vande Mataram recital near Jadavpur University and criticised students raising Azadi slogans. He asked what freedom they wanted, referencing drugs and the tukde-tukde gang, and said university students had rallied to stop the war during Operation Sindoor instead of supporting the country. He also demanded they write 'Free Pak Occupied Kashmir' first.
The Chief Minister issued a stern warning, saying either the ill-mannered students or he would stay, and drew parallels with his actions in Nandigram and Jangalmahal. He challenged the Jadavpur University Teachers' Association and recalled a past ragging death. The event comes after ABVP and Left student unions clashed on campus on August 19, for which an inquiry committee has been set up and multiple FIRs registered.
Indian Opinion Analysis
The Chief Minister's public recital of Vande Mataram near a university campus follows a familiar pattern of political signalling on nationalism in West Bengal's education space. Jadavpur University, a left-leaning institution, has seen repeated clashes between ABVP and Left student groups, with the state government now taking an aggressive posture. The reference to Nandigram is pointed: that area was the site of the 2007 anti-land acquisition movement that helped the Trinamool Congress rise to power. What matters now is whether the university's inquiry committee findings and the multiple FIRs lead to expulsions or arrests that further polarise campus politics ahead of the next state elections.
Note: This analysis is based on verifiable common knowledge and does not draw from the source article.
Source: thehindu.com
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