Opinion | Mamata Scores Own Goal Trying To Rebut PM Modi On Jadavpur University’s Decline

Jadavpur and the rest of Kolkata go to polls on April 29. The hollowness of Mamata Banerjee’s outrage may keep ringing till then

When PM Narendra Modi criticised how the iconic Jadavpur University had degenerated into a den of anarchy, anti-national activism, and intimidation under TMC rule, it was a neatly laid trap. Mamata Banerjee walked straight into it.

Jadavpur University (JU), once one of India’s most respected institutions, has been in the headlines for the wrong reasons over the past 15 years. Campus violence, sexual harassment, ragging, political interference, anti-national slogans and graffiti, and suppression of dissent have freely stalked its campus.

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So, when Mamata Banerjee outraged on X against the PM’s remarks, she seemed to have forgotten the moniker she herself coined for Jadavpur University in 2023: “Atongkopur" (“atongko" in Bengali means “intense fear"). Nor did she have in mind the various........

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