Archive · 5 Oct 2026
Jadavpur University Convention Sparks Row Over Outside Political Speakers
Student groups held a meeting at Jadavpur University on Monday.
Neha Bora and other student leaders spoke there.
The meeting discussed education and election-related issues.
Afterward, a university official said his office had not received the paperwork about the event.
He also questioned how the permission letter had been issued.
The ABVP objected to political figures from outside the university attending.
An SFI functionary said the meeting was peaceful and rejected the objection.
The disagreement echoes earlier arguments about outsiders entering the campus during unrest.
Left-backed student groups held a convention at Jadavpur University’s K P Basu Memorial Hall on Monday.
The event featured All India Students’ Association president Neha Bora and other student leaders.
Its agenda included demands to scrap the National Education Policy, 2020, and the National Testing Agency.
Officiating Registrar Debjit Dutta said his office had received no file or communication about the programme and questioned how permission was issued.
The ABVP challenged the participation of outside political figures; an SFI functionary defended the event and cited the group’s own presence during earlier campus unrest.
- Who
- Left-backed student groups organised the convention; speakers included Neha Bora, Srijan Bhattacharya and Blossom Hazarika.
- What
- A convention on generational unity and resistance prompted a dispute over outside political speakers and the event’s administrative clearance.
- When
- Monday; the article does not specify the date.
- Where
- K P Basu Memorial Hall at Jadavpur University in Kolkata.
- Why
- The dispute concerned whether political figures from outside the university could attend and whether the event had been properly authorised.
ABVP and university administration concerns
SFI defence of the convention
Participation of outside political figures
ABVP and university administration concerns
The ABVP said there was no legal permission to bring political personalities from outside onto campus, citing university circulars and Calcutta High Court directions.
SFI defence of the convention
An SFI functionary said the programme passed off peacefully and that the ABVP had no standing to question outsiders’ presence; the functionary also pointed to ABVP members’ presence during the August unrest.
Event authorisation
ABVP and university administration concerns
Officiating Registrar Debjit Dutta said his office had received no file or communication and questioned whether the permission letter had bypassed his office.
SFI defence of the convention
The SFI functionary defended the event as having taken place peacefully; the article does not report a direct SFI response to the registrar’s administrative concerns.
- Event
- “Gen Z Movement: Unity of Generation and Resistance”
- Organisers
- Left-backed student groups
- Venue
- K P Basu Memorial Hall, Jadavpur University
- Speakers
- Neha Bora, Srijan Bhattacharya and Blossom Hazarika
- Issues discussed
- Demands included scrapping the National Education Policy, 2020, and the National Testing Agency, and opposition to electoral-roll revision and a proposed Indian Statistical Institute Bill.
- Administrative concern
- Officiating Registrar Debjit Dutta said no programme file or communication had reached his office; he said the permission letter allegedly bypassed the Registrar’s office and bore a joint registrar’s signature.
- Disputing groups
- The ABVP questioned the participation of outsiders; an SFI functionary defended the programme and said it passed off peacefully.