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BJP’s membership drive a hit in Vidyasagar College

On May 14, a mob had vandalised a bust of 19th century social reformer Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar in the college during Shah’s roadshow, triggering a violent clash between BJP and Trinamool Congress supporters.

Vidyasagar College(HT Photo)
Updated on Jul 25, 2019 05:51 AM IST
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250 members added from Vidyasagar College in Bengal, says BJP youth wing

In mid May, the demolition of Vidyasagar’s statue triggered a major controversy. Chief minister Mamata Banerjee, who rushed to the spot that very night, blamed BJP supporters participating in party chief Amit Shah’s road show for the incident. She also promised to install a statue at the college compound.

The Bharatiya Janata Party in Kolkata claims to have gained about 250 members from among the students of Vidyasagar College.(Samir Jana/HT Photo)
Updated on Jul 24, 2019 08:21 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Kolkata | By

Amartya Sen’s remark fans ‘battle of cultures’ in Bengal

In mid-May, when a bust of Bengal renaissance icon Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar was desecrated during a clash between supporters of the TMC’s student wing and BJP in Vidyasagar College, similar hoardings were put up across the city.

Poster depicting Nobel laureate Amartya Sen's comment on 'Jay Shri Ram' contoversy on various part of Kolkata street in Kolkata, , on Thursday.(Samir Jana/HT Photo)
Published on Jul 14, 2019 06:40 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Kolkata | By

Mamata Banerjee unveils new bust of Vidyasagar month after vandalism

The bust of Vidyasagar, a 19th-century social reformer, was vandalised in clashes between BJP and TMC workers at Vidyasagar College during BJP president Amit Shah’s roadshow on May 14.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday unveiled a bust of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar at the Hare School ground.(Twitter/ANI)
Updated on Jun 11, 2019 02:12 PM IST
Kolkata | ByAsian News International

No CCTV proof; Kolkata college blames ‘outsiders’ for desecration of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar’s bust

Two CCTV cameras are installed outside the building on College Street (now Bidhan Sarani) and one is in the room where the Vidyasagar bust, made of Plaster of Paris, was kept inside a glass box.

Amid rallies to protest the desecration of Bengal renaissance icon Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar’s bust and demands that closed circuit television footage of Tuesday’s vandalism be made public, it has emerged that CCTV cameras in Vidyasagar College have not been functioning for the past two months.(PTI)
Updated on May 16, 2019 07:24 AM IST
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