We must join hands to take on Hindutva forces: JNUSU chief

Kolkata, February 13

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JNUSU president Aishe Ghosh on Thursday called upon the democratic forces to sink their differences and put up a fight against “divisive” policies of the RSS and the BJP “without crossing each other’s path”.

Ghosh addressed a meeting outside the Calcutta University premises after the university authorities denied permission for a seminar inside the campus in which she was scheduled to speak.

“If the objective of the fight is the same, everyone should hit the streets against the Hindutva forces without crossing each other’s path,” she said.

Ghosh’s comment came after police denied permission to her scheduled rally in Durgapur on Wednesday and the CU authorities shut the main gate of its College Street campus after disallowing the seminar earlier in the day.

Permission for Aishe Ghosh’s Durgapur rally was denied due to security reasons as its time and route clashed with a scheduled procession of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, a police officer said.

However, the CU authorities did not cite any reason for not allowing the programme by Left-leaning organisation, “Calcutta University Save Autonomy Save University Forum”, sources said.

Speaking outside the CU campus, Ghosh said, “RSS is implementing its 90-year-old agenda of creating a Hindu Rashtra through the BJP. The RSS-BJP is branding those speaking against their diabolical game plan as traitors. They are carrying out attacks on the campuses. They are attacking girls in JNU. We must stand united against them.” — PTI