Babull at Jadavpur University
(WorldNews India)

Hundreds of students barricaded Union minister Babul Supriyo at Jadavpur University for over five hours on Thursday when he arrived to attend an ABVP programme, before governor Jagdeep Dhankhar drove to the campus and rescued him. The confrontation between Left-leaning students and the combative minister had the hallmark of campus brawls but the issues at heart went far beyond the confines of the varsity. The students insisted that they would not let in someone representing `fascist` forces and specifically cited the BJP´s support for the National Register of Citizens (NRC), which has been finalised in Assam and which the Narendra Modi government has vowed to extend across the country....