The reason behind Visva-Bharati not being able to give administrative approval for a workshop on 22 and 23 Oct. 2019 at Visva-Bharati to Centre for Journalism and Mass Communication in collaboration with Rashtriya Kala Manch within 21.10.2019 is not political leanings as is made out in the aforementioned article. A normal process at Visva-Bharati requires at least a week. This is the prime reason why Visva-Bharati was not able to accord administrative approval in time. Please note that such incidents of inability to accord administrative approval due to lack of time are not unprecedented at Visva-Bharati. Multiple sources in Visva-Bharati said the reason of cancelling the programme was political.

Source: The Telegraph October 21, 2019 19:18 UTC