Slogans in favour of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru were raised in a rally brought out by Jadavpur University students in Kolkata on Tuesday to express solidarity with their JNU counterparts agitating against the arrest of their leader Kanhaiya Kumar for alleged sedition.
During the torch rally brought from JU campus to Gol Park in South Kolkata by students of all faculties of the university, slogans like Afzal bole azadi, Geelani bole azadi (Afzal said freedom, Geelani said freedom) and Chhinke lenge azadi (we shall snatch freedom) were raised.
Other slogans like "Freedom from RSS, freedom from Modi government", Jab Kashmir ne maangi azadi, Manipur bhi boli azadi (when Kashmir asked for freedom, so did Manipur) were also raised.
When contacted, SFI local committee secretary Samanya Raha, who took part in the rally, said it was a "mass gathering" to protest against the arrest of Kanhaiya Kumar on the charge of sedition.
