Jadavpur University on the boil as ABVP and SFI supporters clash over general body meeting

Jadavpur University on the boil as ABVP and SFI supporters clash over general body session The AVBP maintained that supporters were manhandled by the Left-backed unions; student leader noted BJP MLA Sarbari Mukherjee was blaming students after orchestrating the violence.

Key points

• On Thursday (August 20, 2026), both SFI and AVBP were pressed a gathering outside the university against the backdrop of a sizeable deployment of police at the premises.
• AVBP supporters additionally alleged that a number of students, including ABVP's Jadavpur University Unit President Nikhil Das, were injured.
• BJP MLA from Jadavpur Sarbari Mukherjee blamed SFI supporters and student leader Srijan Bhattacharya for the ruckus.
• Calling the violence unfortunate, Vice-Chancellor Chiranjeev Bhattacharya remarked that if required there will be a round the clock police posting inside the campus.
• Jadavpur University remains one of the last bastions of the Left politics in West Bengal.

Armed with sticks and batons, supporters of ABVP stormed inside the JU campus, tore posters of the Left-backed students, and set them on fire. Credit: X/@cpimspeak post screengrab.

Violence erupted inside the Jadavpur University campus in West Bengal late Wednesday (August 19, 2026) as supporters of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) and Students Federation of India (SFI) clashed over a general body session.

ABVP-BJP-RSS goons arrived on bikes at midnight and unleashed violence inside Jadavpur University campus, attacking students with weapons, vandalising union rooms, throwing stones and bricks and setting fire to students' belongings. Pic.twitter.com/C7193wb1rW.

Notably, the dispute began over a 'general body' gathering and AVBP asserted that there supporters were manhandled by the Left backed unions. According to ABVP supporters, a 'general body' gathering was called even though there are no official union representatives in the university. No student elections have been held for the past few years.

BJP MLA from Jadavpur Sarbari Mukherjee blamed SFI supporters and student leader Srijan Bhattacharya for the ruckus. Mr. Bhattacharya, nevertheless, stated that the BJP MLA was blaming the violence on students after orchestrating it.

Calling the violence unfortunate, Vice-Chancellor Chiranjeev Bhattacharya remarked that if required there will be a round the clock police posting inside the campus. Mr. According to Bhattacharya, an inquiry will be initiated to ascertain who kicked off the violence.

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