Student in trouble after posting a criticism of Mamata Banerjee on FB

October 18, 2016 09:04

A 21-year-old Kolkata student is in a spot. She criticised the chief minister on Facebook last Friday. On Sunday, her post became a large street-side hoarding.

The postgraduate student from Calcutta University is terrified. Apart from a street-side hoarding, she also received threats from local women with Trinamool links.

The Dum Dum Ward 8 Citizens Committee, who put up the hoarding, believe, if the girl has the democratic right to criticize Ms Banerjee, others have the democratic right to slam her publicly too.

"We condemn the criticism of the chief minister," says the hoarding.

What triggered the Calcutta University student's anger? The parade of Durga idols hosted by West Bengal's Chief Minister on Friday, promoted as Kolkata's answer to Rio's Carvinal.

The student felt it was a bad idea at a time the state was battling joblessness and poverty. Some friends agreed while others didn't.

Back in 2012, the arrest of a professor for emailing Mamata Banerjee cartoons had caused public outrage. In 2016, there has been no arrest, but criticize the Bengal CM and one runs the risk of public naming and shaming.

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