Archive · 6 Oct 2026
Neha Bora Says Bengal Must Defend Democracy Amid Campus Attacks
Student leader Neha Bora spoke at a meeting at Jadavpur University.
She discussed attacks reported at Jadavpur University and the Satyajit Ray Film & Television Institute, or SRFTI.
At SRFTI, students objected to an auditorium being used for an event by an organisation linked to the RSS.
Students said they were attacked during the dispute.
Bora said campuses should be places where students can think freely.
She also criticised an exercise called SIR, saying it could take away people’s voting rights.
These were Bora’s claims and views.
An SRFTI student leader said students would keep expressing their concerns through art and films.
At a Jadavpur University convention, student leader Neha Bora spoke about campus attacks and political issues.
Bora questioned why SRFTI’s auditorium was rented to the RSS-linked Akhil Bharatiya Grahak Panchayat for a September 27 programme.
SRFTI students said supporters of the organisation attacked students who objected to the event; a separate campus incident was reported on October 4.
Bora accused the BJP of using the SIR exercise to gain power in Bengal and said it threatened citizens’ voting rights.
SRFTI students’ union vice-president Blossom Hazarika said students would continue protesting through art and films.
- Who
- Student leader Neha Bora, SRFTI students and student-union representatives.
- What
- Bora addressed campus attacks, the SRFTI auditorium dispute, the SIR exercise and other issues at a student convention.
- When
- Monday; the article also refers to incidents on August 20, September 27 and October 4, without specifying the year for those dates.
- Where
- Jadavpur University in Kolkata, West Bengal.
- Why
- The convention was organised by a collective of Left students’ unions to discuss resistance and campus and political issues.
- Speaker
- Neha Bora, president of the All India Students Association and a PhD scholar at Jawaharlal Nehru University.
- Event
- A convention titled “Gen-Z movement: Generation and unity of resistance”.
- Venue
- Jadavpur University; the gathering was held outside Gandhi Bhavan.
- SRFTI auditorium event
- The auditorium was let out for an Akhil Bharatiya Grahak Panchayat programme on September 27.
- Reported SRFTI incidents
- Students reported an attack during the auditorium dispute; supporters of the Hindu Jagran Manch allegedly tried to storm the campus on October 4.
- Other issue raised
- Bora criticised the SIR exercise and the Indian Statistical Institute Bill, 2026.