{"id":208832,"date":"2026-08-25T20:15:46","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T15:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?p=208832"},"modified":"2026-08-25T20:15:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T15:15:46","slug":"free-palestine-graffiti-at-jadavpur-varsity-angers-west-bengal-cm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/08\/25\/free-palestine-graffiti-at-jadavpur-varsity-angers-west-bengal-cm.html","title":{"rendered":"\u201cFree Palestine\u201d graffiti at Jadavpur varsity angers West Bengal CM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-208833\" src=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-25-at-8.15.07-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-25-at-8.15.07-PM.png 620w, https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-25-at-8.15.07-PM-359x220.png 359w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/>Kolkata: Chief Minister of BJP-ruled West Bengal state Suvendu Adhikari has targeted students over what he described as \u201canti-national wall graffiti and drawings\u201d at Jadavpur University (JU), directing the university authorities to investigate the matter.<\/p>\n<p>According to Kashmir Media Service, Adhikari shared a video showing graffiti inside the Arts Division Boys\u2019 Hostel premises, included slogans such as \u201cFree Palestine\u201d, \u201cFreedom for Palestine\u201d, \u201cBreak Fascism with Red\u201d, and \u201cLong Live the CPI (Maoists)\u201d. He described the graffiti as \u201cobjectionable, sociopathic, violent and Anti-National.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnder no circumstances will campus premises be permitted to be used as platforms for spreading deranged propaganda and Anti-India sentiment,\u201d Adhikari said.<\/p>\n<p>He urged the JU vice-chancellor, the principal secretary of the Higher Education Department and other competent authorities to conduct an immediate inquiry and physically verify the area to establish whether the graffiti existed. He called for those responsible to be identified and action taken if the writings were confirmed, saying the West Bengal government followed a \u201czero tolerance policy towards anti-India activities\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The directive came shortly after a meeting convened by JU Vice-Chancellor Chiranjib Bhattacharjee with stakeholders ended without agreement.<\/p>\n<p>The development comes amid heightened tensions at JU following clashes between supporters of the Hindutva-aligned ABVP and the Students\u2019 Federation of India (SFI). Left-wing students have said that ABVP goons attacked them with the backing of the ruling party, while the university administration and student groups have yet to reach an agreement on measures to resolve the tensions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kolkata: Chief Minister of BJP-ruled West Bengal state Suvendu Adhikari has targeted students over what he described as \u201canti-national wall graffiti and drawings\u201d at Jadavpur University (JU), directing the university authorities to investigate the matter. According to Kashmir Media Service, Adhikari shared a video showing graffiti inside the Arts Division Boys\u2019 Hostel premises, included slogans &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":208833,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-208832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-india"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>\u201cFree Palestine\u201d graffiti at Jadavpur varsity angers West Bengal CM &#062; Kashmir Media Service<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/08\/25\/free-palestine-graffiti-at-jadavpur-varsity-angers-west-bengal-cm.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u201cFree Palestine\u201d graffiti at Jadavpur varsity angers West Bengal CM &#062; Kashmir Media Service\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Kolkata: Chief Minister of BJP-ruled West Bengal state Suvendu Adhikari has targeted students over what he described as \u201canti-national wall graffiti and drawings\u201d at Jadavpur University (JU), directing the university authorities to investigate the matter. 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