Students during protest at SRFTI campus on Tuesday
Kolkata : Marking one month of the Sept 27 clashes with ABGP members, SRFTI students launched a nationwide protest on Tuesday demanding an end to campus saffronisation and privatisation, drawing solidarity from visiting directors, actors, lawyers and student activists. But on Sept 27, there were photographic and surgical evidences of at least a dozen students being hurt,” he said. Post-lunch, participants engaged in banner-making and art against, leading into a protest march at 4 pm. She also slammed the administration’s 24-hour hostel vacation notice.
I don’t support saffronisation of educational institutes,” he said. He criticised the administration for shifting the entire narrative to a “student disciplinary issue”. Linking the SRFTI violence to a broader attempt to “saffronise institutes across India”, director Debalina Majumdar said the student protests have spread to other campuses. “Police have to take necessary action according to the law.
My films have been screened there. I have even directed a production with the students. I want the democratic rights of students to be upheld. Film-maker Indranil Roy Chowdhury, who is a regular on campus, was allowed entry. “If students had indeed misbehaved, why did they do so? Nobody was hurt in the skirmish. “I am at the Jadavpur University protest while some of my friends have gone to the protest site on College Street. I fail to understand why the intruders at SRFTI carried knives and why not a single arrest has been made even after a month. Addressing allegations of inaction, Ajmera stated that a state govt SIT is investigating the incidents while SRFTI’s internal fact-finding committee is ascertaining the sequence of events. The institute has already filed official complaints against both the incidents of violence.”
Yet, I was not even allowed to enter the premises on Tuesday when I went to show solidarity to the students.