Political parties, students, civil society in city to protest JNU attack

January 06, 2020 14:57

Kolkata solidarity protests for JNU:

Students' unions of the Jadavpur University affiliated to the AISA and the SFI are slated to march towards the ABVP state office in Maniktala area of Kolkata on Monday, police said.

Students of Presidency University will also take out a procession from their campus in central Kolkata till Jorasanko in the northern part of the city, a police officer said. The ruling TMC is slated to take out a protest rally in north Kolkata, he said.

The Congress student's wing, Chhatra Parishad will burn effigies of BJP leaders and hold a protest rally on College Street in the central part of the city, the officer said. Another protest meeting is slated to be held near Coffee House on College Street, he added. -- PTI

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