BBC’s documentary controversy has also reached West Bengal. Leftist students had arranged to show the documentary at Presidency University on Friday, but suddenly there was a power failure. After that there has been an uproar.
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ruckus of bbc documentary now West Bengal has been reached. of West Bengal Jadavpur University It was claimed to show this documentary on Thursday. Jadavpur on Friday also and Presidency University A BBC documentary was to be screened. Screening was first arranged in the basketball hall at Presidency University, but there was a power cut first. Then later the screening was arranged in the common hall, but there also power failure happened. After this the students started protesting. The students alleged that the power was cut deliberately.
The students started protesting in front of the dean’s office. Although the power was restored shortly thereafter, the students allege that there was a deliberate power cut where the documentary was being screened, while other parts of the university had power.
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BBC documentary screened under the banner of leftist student organization
On the other hand, over 100 students of Jadavpur University reportedly watched the controversial BBC documentary on the 2002 Gujarat riots after a Left student’s body arranged its screening. The Center has recently issued directions to block several YouTube videos and Twitter posts sharing links to the documentary ‘India: The Modi Question’, which talks about certain aspects related to the 2002 riots when Prime Minister Narendra Modi was the Chief Minister of Gujarat. It has been claimed to investigate. The Student Federation of India (SFI), the wing of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), said that the police or the institute authorities did not intervene in the screening at Jadavpur University on Thursday.
Electricity failure in Presidency University, students agitated
Subhajit Sarkar, assistant secretary of the SFI’s state unit, said the students’ union would organize another screening at the Presidency University on Friday. The presidency officials have not yet formally approved, but “we will still go ahead with the show”, but then there was a power failure. Sarkar, an alumnus of Presidency, also claimed, “The university has cut off electricity in the badminton court where the screening was to take place. A university official, however, said the power cut was due to technical reasons. He said that no such documentary is being shown in the university campus. Meanwhile, the All India Students’ Association, another Left organisation, said it will organize another screening of the documentary at Jadavpur University on Friday.
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