Dr H L Roy Building after being whitewashed on Saturday
Four workers began the cleaning operation at Aurobindo Bhavan around 8 am. 3, Central Library, PG Science building, Nazrul Bhavan and ended the day’s work at Open Air Theatre around 2 pm. On Friday, addressing a gathering about 200 metres from JU’s Gate No. Kishenji or Mallojula Koteswara Rao was a top Maoist functionary killed by security forces in Jangalmahal in 2011.
A senior university official said, “The general maintenance section was assigned the task of removing the graffiti since we wanted to avoid further controversy. A worker involved in the operation said: “We were asked to erase those graffiti that are offensive and somehow connected to Maoist ideology. ” Among the graffiti that survived were a portrait of Chittaprosad Bhattacharya, the artist who documented the Bengal famine, a mural on menstrual destigmatisation with the words “We bleed proudly”, and Mao Zedong’s famous quote — “Women hold up half the sky” — which later became a recognised slogan for women’s empowerment and equality. 2, Adhikari had slammed Jadavpur University students for raising slogans such as “Kashmir mange azaadi” and “Red salute Kishenji” on campus. Questioning the context of the protests, the CM had said, “Are you chanting ‘Kashmir wants freedom’? When terrorists killed Hindus in Pahalgam and the Army eliminated them in ‘ Operation Sindoor ’, you said nothing. Asking how JU students “mustered the audacity” to write “Red Salute Kishenji”, Adhikari said, “You are this desperate?
The whitewashing work was given to a contractor. They then moved to different locations, including the electrical engineering department, the mechanical engineering department, Prayukti Bhavan, Gate No. Are you posting ‘Free Palestine’? Before speaking about Palestine, write ‘Free PoK’. Who is Kishanji? He is the one who burnt the Constitution of India. He used to give calls to boycott elections. You will give ‘red salute’ to this Kishenji, and we will allow you to do this while running the govt?