Kolkata, A clash broke out between members of ABVP and Left-leaning student groups in Jadavpur University early on Thursday, with either side accusing the other of bringing outsiders into the campus, varsity sources said.
Jadavpur University’s administrative building, Aurobindo Bhavan, was locked amid the escalating tension, while groups of students gathered outside the building. Videos circulating among students’ social media groups showed several people shouting slogans and attempting to enter locked buildings of the university. The two camps have traded allegations over the presence of people from outside the university. RSS-affiliated Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad alleged that members of the Left student organisations, including the SFI and DSO-DSF, had started confrontations under the cover of the FETSU meeting. ABVP functionary Shubhabrata Adhikari alleged that several people from outside the university were involved in the attack and FIRs were being lodged. Left student groups rejected the allegation and accused the ABVP of attempting to enter and take control of university spaces.
Fires were also allegedly set at a few places on the campus in the early hours of Thursday, the university sources said.
