Decode Politics: Why Mamata Banerjee Cannot Ignore Jadavpur University Protests
Atri Mitra | 08 March 2025 | The Indian Express
For the past four days, West Bengal politics has been dominated by events that unfolded at Jadavpur University (JU) on March 1, bringing to focus the stalled student union elections at the premier university as well as on college campuses across the state.
On March 1, state Education Minister Bratya Basu arrived at JU to attend the annual general meeting of the Trinamool Congress (TMC)-affiliated West Bengal College and University Professors Association when students gheraoed his car and allegedly heckled him. The protest was organised by members of the CPI(M)’s student wing Students’ Federation of India (SFI) and other Left-wing organisations demanding that union elections be held at the earliest…