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Fresh row at JU as students’ union holds memorial for slain Maoist leaders
The Statesman Siliguri
|December 02, 2025
A fresh controversy has erupted at Jadavpur University after the Revolutionary Students' Front (RSF), a Maoist-leaning students' outfit, allegedly observed a symbolic "memorial event" for slain CPI (Maoist) leaders during its sixth state conference held at the university's Vivekananda Hall on Sunday.
Several students have questioned how such a programme was permitted on campus, alleging that it amounted to tacit endorsement of anti-national activities. The row centers around naming of various sections of the conference venue. The RSF had symbolically renamed Kolkata as "Koteshwar Rao Nagar", after the slain Maoist leader Kishenji, and desig
This story is from the December 02, 2025 edition of The Statesman Siliguri.
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