Violence erupts inside Jadavpur University’s campus during the early hours of Thursday after clashes between ABVP and SFI supporters over a general body meeting. Reports describe damage to posters and university-area installations, as well as police barricades being breached. Students and campus buildings are affected, with reports of stones being thrown and gates being broken, including in areas near administrative facilities.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders publicly distance the party from ABVP’s actions. BJP state president and Rajya Sabha MP Samik Bhattacharya says ABVP is independent and not BJP’s student wing, while a BJP MLA from Jadavpur, Sarbari Mukherjee, attributes responsibility for the unrest to SFI supporters and a student leader, and urges surrender to police. ABVP supporters claim Left-backed unions manhandle them, while SFI and student leaders counter that political blame is being directed at students after the incident. Jadavpur University Vice-Chancellor Chiranjeev Bhattacharya calls the violence unfortunate, and police initially indicate the situation around the campus is peaceful.
Both outlets agree the confrontation centers on the general body meeting and involves ABVP and SFI student groups. They differ primarily in emphasis—some on BJP’s distancing from ABVP and alleged blame directed by BJP figures, others on the competing claims about who orchestrated or provoked the violence.
