JU protester's ailing mother urges Babul Supriyo to forgive son, Minister responds with compassion
Kolkata: Union Minister Babul Supriyo, who was heckled at the Jadavpur University on Thursday, responded with compassion to one of the protester's ailing mother who urged the politician to forgive her son.
Supriyo took to Twitter to say, "Don't worry. I won't harm your son. I want your son to take lesson from his mistake. Neither I filed nor I let anyone file an FIR against any of the protesters. Please do not worry. Get well soon. My respect towards you."
The mother of the protester is a cancer patient.
What happened?
Babul Supriyo, who belongs to the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), faced massive protest by the students of Jadavpur University on Thursday after being heckled earlier in the day for entering the campus with an armed force to attend a programme by the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the student wing of the RSS.
Not only was he heckled but had been gheraoed by members of two Left-leaning organizations - Arts Faculty Students' Union (AFSU) and Students Federation of India - (SFI).
Following the news of harassment of Supriyo, West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankar rushed to the campus to 'save' the BJP MP.
Although he managed to rescue the BJP leader but had to sit inside his car with Supriyo for a long time.
His convoy finally managed to leave the campus.
As he entered the campus, Supriyo was shown black flags and allegedly heckled by a section of students at JU.
"I did not come here to do politics. But I am saddened by the behaviour of some of the students of the university, the way they have heckled me. They pulled me by my hair and pushed me," Supriyo told reporters visiting the campus.
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— Babul Supriyo (@SuPriyoBabul) September 21, 2019
BJP leader and designer Agnimitra Paul was reportedly manhandled as well. She alleged that the protesters pulled her hair and even tried to remove her saree.
In retaliation to the demonstration by SFI, ABVP students went on a rampage and damaged several university properties including a union’s office.
A large contingent of police force ruched to the spot even as the agitators refused to budge on their decision.
Meanwhile, JU Vice Chancellor Suranjan Das, who rushed to the spot following the incident, had tried to reason with both the agitating students and Supriyo.
But as the situation turned grim, he fell sick and was taken to a hospital.
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