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Called Us ‘Cockroaches’, ‘Anti-National’: Kolkata's SRFTI Students, Right-Wing Group Clash During Event
Students alleged provocative speeches and campus assaults as police stood guard outside the institute and several people were injured, officials said.
- On Sunday, clashes erupted at the Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute in Kolkata between students and members of the Akhil Bharatiya Grahak Panchayat during an event at the institute's auditorium.
- Students confronted organizers after learning the event, affiliated with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh , was allegedly being used to "promote its agenda" on campus; organizers counter-alleged they had rented the hall and were attacked.
- Protesters alleged they were called "anti-nationals," "urban Naxals," and "terrorists" before being physically assaulted; at least six students were injured, while an ABGP member claimed four people were hospitalized.
- Following the incident, students staged a protest in front of the Kairali theatre complex in Keralam, while police personnel were deployed outside the SRFTI campus; authorities stated the situation is now under control.
- Weeks after a clash at Jadavpur University involving ABVP and Left-wing student organizations, this incident occurred at the SRFTI, which was established by the Government of India in 1995.
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online-listing.comStudents, Teachers Injured In Clashes At Kolkata Film Institute
Members of the "Akhil Bharatiya Grahak Panchayat (West Bengal Chapter)," have hit back, claiming that their posters and banners were torn down and they were beaten up, despite having permission to hold the event.
·New Delhi, India
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Total News Sources19
Leaning Left4Leaning Right7Center1Last UpdatedBias Distribution59% Right
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- 59% of the sources lean Right
59% Right
L 33%
R 59%
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