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Suvendu Adhikari vows to uproot ‘Free Kashmir’ slogans at Jadavpur
West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari led a march to Jadavpur University.
The march included monks, BJP workers and saffron flags.
He objected to slogans supporting freedom for Kashmir and Maoist leader Kishenji.
He said he would remove the groups supporting those slogans.
He also said he would return to recite the Bhagavad Gita and Hanuman Chalisa.
A three-day Vedic recital programme was announced for the university area.
The event happened as Left-wing and ABVP student groups argued and clashed.
Adhikari said the university should remain connected with saffron and nationalism.
West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari led a saffron march to Jadavpur University in Kolkata.
Adhikari vowed to remove forces supporting “Free Kashmir” and “Lal Salam to Maoist Kishenji” slogans.
He announced plans to return for Bhagavad Gita and Hanuman Chalisa recitations, plus a three-day Vedic programme.
The mobilisation followed intensified clashes and slogan wars between Left-wing groups and the RSS-affiliated ABVP.
Adhikari said saffron would remain at the university and accused political rivals of allowing nationalism to fade.
- Who
- West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, monks, BJP workers, and supporters participating in the march.
- What
- A saffron march to Jadavpur University and speeches opposing “Free Kashmir” and “Lal Salam to Maoist Kishenji” slogans.
- Where
- Outside Jadavpur University in Kolkata, following a three-kilometre march from Golpark.
- When
- On Wednesday; the march took place less than a fortnight after an earlier university-area event attended by Adhikari.
- Why
- The mobilisation came amid intensified ideological clashes and slogan wars between Left-wing student groups and the RSS-affiliated ABVP.
Key facts
- March name
- Gerua Samman Yatra, or Saffron Honour March
- March distance
- Three kilometres, from Golpark to Jadavpur University
- Participants
- Monks, BJP workers and other supporters
- Planned activities
- A three-day Vedic recital programme, followed by proposed recitations of the Bhagavad Gita and Hanuman Chalisa
- Campus dispute
- Clashes and slogan wars between Left-wing student groups and the RSS-affiliated ABVP
- Earlier event
- Around 10,000 people sang the full national anthem, “Vande Mataram,” at an event outside the campus less than a fortnight earlier
Quotes
Suvendu Adhikari
West Bengal chief minister addressing a gathering outside Jadavpur University
“I have taken a vow that from Jadavpur, the land of Sri Aurobindo and a centre of excellence, I will uproot those who raise ‘Kashmir Mange Azadi’ (Kashmir wants freedom) slogans and those who have supported them”
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“To teach a lesson to those who are insulting the country, I will come here once to recite the Gita and again to recite the Hanuman Chalisa”
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