Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Visva Bharati incident: 'Governance is taking a back seat'

After BJP MP Swapan Dasgupta and varsity Vice Chancellor Bidyut Chakraborty were confined by CPI(M)-backed SFI inside university campus on Wednesday, West Bengal Goverr Jagdeep Dhankhar took to twitter to condemn event. Dhankhar stated that he has spoken to DG Police Virendra Kumar about incident and has urged him to take necessary steps. He also wrote how 'such anarchy' and failure of law and order are 'worrisome'.

ding furr he wrote how  incident reflects  worsening situation of law and order in State

RE | BJP MP Swapan Dasgupta held host at Viswa Bharti University allegedly by SFI members

BJP's Rajya Sabha MP Swapan Dasgupta confined by mob

In a shocking incident on Wednesday, BJP's Rajya Sabha MP Swapan Dasgupta was gheraoed by a mob and held host at Visva Bharati University's auditorium allegedly led by left party leers. Dasgupta was scheduled to deliver a lecture on Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).

Narrating incident to Republic TV, Dasgupta said that as soon as he reached campus, students started protesting against him. varsity's SFI unit leer Somnath Sau allegedly said students will t allow anyone who "promotes hatred among communities" to spre propaganda on soil of Visva Bharati, which stands for ideals of Rabindranath Tagore. 

"After gates were closed, mob gared outside, y tried to attack me. university can call Police. I don't kw what y want," he said.

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