Students studying at the Jogesh Chandra Chaudhuri Law College in Kolkata have accused a Muslim Trinamool Congress ‘student leader’ of obstructing the Saraswati Puja celebrations at the campus.
According to them, Mohammad Shabbir Ali (the General Secretary of the West Bengal State Trinamool Chhatra Parishad) threatened them with rape and murder if the students of the government-law college dared to perform Saraswati Puja.
They have now filed a complaint with the Charumarket police station. The students have also submitted a complaint to the principal, Pankaj Roy. He has made several allegations against the TMC leader Mohammad Shabbir Ali.
Coincidentally, Jogesh Chandra Chaudhuri Law College is the alma mater of West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee.
One student informed, “These outsiders are extortionists. They want us not to organise Saraswati Puja. They have abused us with the choicest of expletives and threatened us with assault and rape.”
Another student lamented, “We have the right to organise Puja. Why are they stopping us? We are being told that if we perform Saraswati Puja, they will kill us when we pass through Anwar Shah Road. They are extorting money.”
TMC leader Mohammed Shabbir Ali is also accused of threatening to send men in girl’s hostel if students go ahead with the Puja.
The situation for Hindus in West Bengal has become so dire that Saraswati Puja has been blocked at the renowned Jogesh Chandra College!
— BJP West Bengal (@BJP4Bengal) January 30, 2025
Mamata Banerjee, who claims to be an alumnus of this college, has remained silent while TMC
student leader Sabbir Ali and his group openly… pic.twitter.com/7MOkrQAGYf
Reportedly, outsiders are not permitted inside the college campus. However, Ali and other TMC goons continue to wreak havoc within the campus. The atmosphere of fear and intimidation is such that the principal himself is afraid to go to the government college.
Principal Pankaj Roy informed, “Last year, I was harassed while entering the college. I have never seen anything like this in my 40 years of teaching.” He hinted at an extortion racket being run by the TMC goons. “Given them money or else you will be in trouble,” Roy added.
The principal informed that the TMC goons initially peddled the rumour that he did not permit organising Saraswati Puja. Pankaj Roy said that he had written about the development to both the State government and the Centre.
