JNU row: Dilip Ghosh, BJP chief in West Bengal threatens Jadavpur University students for supporting Kanhaiya Kumar
Dilip Ghosh, BJP chief in West Bengal said, "students of Jadavpur University eat in this country but chant slogans like "Pakistan Zindabad"
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New Delhi, February: West Bengal Bhartiya Janata Party president Dilip Ghosh on Sunday sparked another controversy by threatening students of Jadavpur University students to face dire consequences if they try to support JNU student union president Kanhaiya Kumar.
Ghosh while addressing a public rally in Gopiballabhpur village, West Midnapore district of West Bengal said, “students of Jadavpur University are sitting inside the campus and are chanting pro-Pakistani slogans”. The West Bengal BJP chief further threatened the students and said, “let them come out of the campus we will beat them so badly that they will forget their names”.
He said that students of Jadavpur University eat in this country but chant slogans like “Pakistan Zindabad”. He further said that such students do not have any place in the country. Kolkata: BJP West Bengal chief Dilip Ghosh threatens to chop off 6-inches if someone raises Pro Pakistan slogans
Ghosh said, “We know whatever treatment is required for such elements and BJP will never compromise on nationalism plank”.
Following the path of JNU students and Kanhaiya Kumar on March 1, the students of Jadavpur University defended Kashmiri people’s ‘right to seek Azadi” during a cultural event held at the campus.
Students of Jadavpur University were first who came in support of Kanhaiya Kumar and demanded his immediate release when he was arrested on charges of sedition. Big shots from the academic field and political lines fro Jadavpur University came into the fray putting their weight behind the JNUSU.
The growing support of JNU from Jadavpur had created a political storm within BJP especially in West Bengal which is about to face state assembly elections next month.
The students of Jadavpur University, affiliated to various Leftist organisation also took out a torch rally last week where they raised slogans against the hanging of 2001 Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru.