Slogans written on walls inside Jadavpur University campus.Photo Basabdatta Sarkar
Kolkata: Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari will lead a “saffron march” from Gol Park to Jadavpur University on Wednesday. Party sources said Adhikari would lead the rally himself to honour the prestige, sacrifice and ideals associated with saffron. This has to be enforced in West Bengal, and we will not allow such a situation anymore,” he said while attending the Khuti Puja of Satadal Sangha in Bowbazar. Maintaining that the BJP would stay away from politics on campuses, Bhattacharya said, “A party that has become disconnected from the masses has raised such slogans inside universities. Panchayat minister Dilip Ghosh , critical of Leftist forces on campuses, said the quality of education in Bengal had declined and a nationalist education system would be implemented. They should also start working in Bengal,” he said.
“Those who shout slogans calling for the country to be divided will be identified. The police will have to ensure that they do not remain in good health. Those who say Bharat tere tukde honge (India will be fragmented) should be broken into pieces. The BJP will not enter any university campus. The govt is also not in favour of sending the police into universities. “Nationalist ideologies are entering Bengal’s politics, and educational institutions will benefit from this. Vidya Bharati and Bichar Bharati, organisations affiliated with the RSS , have been working in the field of education for a long time.
The development also comes amid hard-hitting statements by BJP state president Samik Bhattacharya, who said on Sunday, “Those shouting anti-India slogans inside universities will have to be broken into pieces.