JU erases ‘Azad Kashmir' graffiti from campus
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Kolkata:
Jadavpur University
administration on Tuesday removed the controversial "Azad Kashmir" graffiti from the walls of Technology Bhavan near Gate 3.
Jadavpur University
Trinamool Chhatra Parishad
Unit on Monday wrote to
pro-VC Amitava Datta
, demanding the graffiti be erased in the wake of the Pahalgam incident, as it is a "sign of utter disrespect to
national integrity
and aims to provoke anti-national sentiment on campus". Registrar Indrajit Banerjee said, "The university, during a meeting in March, had taken the decision to erase the "Azad Kashmir" graffiti. We are cleaning the walls of the entire campus as part of the beautification drive. So it took some time to process."
JU administration's graffiti clean-up drive started on March 24, when slogans against education minister Bratya Basu were erased from the walls of Aurobindo Bhavan, after the March 1 incident of violence. Graffiti of injured student Indranuj Roy and former student Sahil Ali, who was arrested, were erased. Two days later, students reclaimed the walls with fresh slogans.
Though the 'Azad Kashmir' graffiti was next in line to be removed, JU focused on erasing non-controversial slogans in the following days. The fresh slogans have also been removed. A JU TMCP member said, "It is a moral and political win for us."
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