Jadavpur University (JU) students belonging to Left unions repainted political graffiti across the campus on Monday, claiming the same walls that the authorities covered with white paint a day earlier following chief minister Suvendu Adhikari’s announcement that his government will not allow JU to remain a free ground for Maoist sympathisers.
Instead, its members picked up cans of aerosol paint and brushes. The damage to the logo, which was designed by iconic painter Nandalal Bose, who drew the sketches for the first copy of the Indian Constitution, drew flak from the civil society. “I know the disease.
“You don’t express grief or hold rallies when 45 CRPF jawans are killed by terrorists in Awantipora and tourists belonging to a specific religion are gunned down at Pahalgam.
The Students Federation of India (SFI) Jadavpur unit announced its “Reclaim Your Wall” programme in a social media post on Sunday evening, hours after a contractor deployed by the university’s maintenance department painted over the old graffiti . Members of the other Left student unions also took part,” a JU professor said, requesting anonymity. State finance minister Swapan Dasgupta said in a video statement that the incident was uncalled for. But anti-war rallies are held when Operation Sindoor is carried out against Pakistan,” Adhikari said at the rally. I also know the medicine,” he said.
“Members of the CPI(M)’s student front did not hold any demonstration on Monday.
No political party made a statement after the graffiti returned to the JU campus.
