Archive · 21 Aug 2026
Neha Bora Questions Bengal Violence After Bankura, Jadavpur Clashes
Neha Bora spoke in Kolkata about recent violence in Bengal.
She discussed fighting at Jadavpur University and the death of a man named Mafik in Bankura.
At Jadavpur, ABVP supporters and Left-affiliated student groups clashed after a disagreement about a students’ union meeting.
Left groups said some ABVP supporters entered the campus and damaged posters, flags and banners.
They also said students were threatened and some belongings were set on fire.
Bora said the violence did not look like what should happen at an ideal university.
She also asked who should be held responsible for Mafik’s alleged killing.
The article says Mafik’s son, Sheikh Abdul Hafeez, had documented problems at a government school in his village.
AISA president Neha Bora questioned accountability for recent violence in Bengal during a Kolkata visit.
She linked the Jadavpur University clashes to alleged violence involving BJP, RSS and Bajrang Dal supporters.
Clashes began after an altercation over a students’ union meeting and involved ABVP supporters and Left-affiliated groups.
Left groups alleged that ABVP supporters damaged flags, posters and banners and threatened students on campus.
Bora also questioned responsibility for the alleged killing of Mafik, the father of CJP supporter Sheikh Abdul Hafeez, in Bankura.
- Who
- Neha Bora, ABVP supporters, Left-affiliated student groups, Jadavpur MLA Sarbori Mukhopadhyay, and people connected to the Bankura incident.
- What
- Bora questioned accountability for violence at Jadavpur University and the alleged killing of Mafik in Bankura.
- When
- Bora spoke on Friday; the Jadavpur clashes began Wednesday night and continued into Thursday.
- Where
- Kolkata’s Jadavpur University and Indas in Bankura district, Bengal.
- Why
- The university violence followed an altercation over a students’ union meeting; Bora raised the Bankura death while discussing political violence and accountability.
- Speaker
- Neha Bora, president of the All India Students’ Association and a PhD scholar at Jawaharlal Nehru University.
- Jadavpur incident
- Clashes broke out between ABVP supporters and Left-affiliated student groups.
- Trigger
- The clashes followed an altercation over a students’ union meeting.
- Reported damage
- Left groups alleged that flags, posters and banners were damaged and that students were threatened.
- Bankura death
- Mafik, the father of Sheikh Abdul Hafeez, died two days after allegedly being attacked by a group of BJP supporters in Indas.
- School campaign
- Sheikh Abdul Hafeez recorded videos about the poor condition of Karisunda Prathamik Vidyalaya for the CJP’s School Thik Karo campaign.