On Tuesday Jayanta Roy, the BJP MP of Jalpaiguri, had come to inaugurate an agricultural fair at UBKV when students supporting the TMCP began protesting against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and the NRC. When the MP was leaving the university, they demonstrated in front of him but there was no violence. However, a group of BJP supporters who had gathered outside started throwing stones at the protesters,” said Bablu Ganguly, a student. After the programme ended, a group of around 20 BJP supporters, some of whom were allegedly carrying firearms, entered the premises and started beating the students. Some students who support Trinamul are trying to malign our party,” said Sukumar Roy Sarkar, a local BJP leader.

Source: The Telegraph January 15, 2020 20:03 UTC