Withdraw police cases against BESU students
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The Chancellor, Bengal Engineering & Science university &
The Honble Governor of West Bengal .
Sir,
We are watching the affairs of the BESU institution with concern and regret. A premier institution, 150-year old, turning out young builders of the country is being destroyed for petty partisan interests. Taking advantage of a scuffle between two sections of students, a matter which the departmental teachers had themselves almost settled, the VC called the police and closed the institution sine die from 6.11.08. The police arrested eleven students from the campus . Teachers were individually insulted by top police officers.
The police brought bailable charges against three students belonging to the students' wing of the major ruling party, and they were released on P.R.Bond on the same day. But non-bailable charges, although false and even, perhaps, laughable, were brought against eight students without such affiliation, and they spent four nights in jail.. This act of the police exemplifies how the police and the administration carry out abjectly the orders of the major ruling party.
Surprisingly enough , BESU Board of Management in its meeting on 13.11.08 resolved that
1) Henceforth the Law and Order problem of BESU will be handled by the police
2) A new code of conduct of the students will be enforced which ought to be signed by the students and their guardians, in spite of the fact that there exists a code of conduct;
3) A code of conduct for the teachers will also be enforced.
In the present instance there are two major partisan interests:
(i)
Students are being shown just before the union elections the extent to which the college administration and the police are prepared to go in victimising those who refuse to support the major ruling party's students' wing.
(ii) The elevation of BESU to IIEST status is sought to be prevented to continue the state government's stranglehold over the BESU.
In the circumstances we appeal to you to ensure
(a) the withdrawal of all charges against students
(b) the withdrawal of police from the campus
(c) the withdrawal of draconian decisions of the Board of Management unprecedented for any educational institution
(d) security for students through internal measures
(e) redressal of the grievances of the students, and
(f) initiation of a discussion with the students, teachers, alumni and guardians to restore normalcy in the Institute.
The Chancellor, Bengal Engineering & Science university &
The Honble Governor of West Bengal .
Sir,
We are watching the affairs of the BESU institution with concern and regret. A premier institution, 150-year old, turning out young builders of the country is being destroyed for petty partisan interests. Taking advantage of a scuffle between two sections of students, a matter which the departmental teachers had themselves almost settled, the VC called the police and closed the institution sine die from 6.11.08. The police arrested eleven students from the campus . Teachers were individually insulted by top police officers.
The police brought bailable charges against three students belonging to the students' wing of the major ruling party, and they were released on P.R.Bond on the same day. But non-bailable charges, although false and even, perhaps, laughable, were brought against eight students without such affiliation, and they spent four nights in jail.. This act of the police exemplifies how the police and the administration carry out abjectly the orders of the major ruling party.
Surprisingly enough , BESU Board of Management in its meeting on 13.11.08 resolved that
1) Henceforth the Law and Order problem of BESU will be handled by the police
2) A new code of conduct of the students will be enforced which ought to be signed by the students and their guardians, in spite of the fact that there exists a code of conduct;
3) A code of conduct for the teachers will also be enforced.
In the present instance there are two major partisan interests:
(i)
Students are being shown just before the union elections the extent to which the college administration and the police are prepared to go in victimising those who refuse to support the major ruling party's students' wing.
(ii) The elevation of BESU to IIEST status is sought to be prevented to continue the state government's stranglehold over the BESU.
In the circumstances we appeal to you to ensure
(a) the withdrawal of all charges against students
(b) the withdrawal of police from the campus
(c) the withdrawal of draconian decisions of the Board of Management unprecedented for any educational institution
(d) security for students through internal measures
(e) redressal of the grievances of the students, and
(f) initiation of a discussion with the students, teachers, alumni and guardians to restore normalcy in the Institute.
503 Signatures
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Dipankar Chakrabarti
- Address
- Shyam Vihar (5/1.D). Raghunathpur. Kolkata - 700 059
- Affiliation
- Editor,aneek (Retd.professor)+Vice-President,APDR
- Profession
- Retired Reader in Economics
- Comments
- I wholeheartedly support the demands.
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Prasun Bhowmick
- Address
- 42 Scott Lane, Kol-700 009
- Affiliation
- Bijolpo
- Profession
- Corporate Communications
- Comments
- CPM go to Washington !
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Rabin Chakraborty
- Address
- BJ316 Salt Lake, Kolkata, 700091
- Affiliation
- Individual
- Profession
- Retired teacher, Calcutta University
- Comments
- Hope that the academic environment will be restored with the intervention of Hon'ble Governer.
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Dr. Debal Deb
- Address
- Barrackpore
- Affiliation
- Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies
- Profession
- Ecologist
- Comments
- Another instance of the ruling party's usurpation of the State's education sytem altogether
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Dr. Mita Dutta
- Address
- Bankura
- Affiliation
- Basudha Bigyan Bithi
- Profession
- Physician
- Comments
- Atrocities on BESU students remind us the history of Nazi control of education
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Debdulal Bhattacharya
- Address
- Bankura
- Affiliation
- Basudha Bigyan Bithi
- Profession
- Farmer
- Comments
- Thank God I am not a Marxist!
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Bhaswati Datta
- Address
- CJ 323 Sector II Salt Lake, Kolkata 91.
- Affiliation
- TASAM
- Profession
- Teacher
- Comments
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Subhrajyoti Biswas
- Address
- Bongaon
- Affiliation
- Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics
- Profession
- Research Fellow
- Comments
- The false cases against these students should be withdrawn as soon as possible.
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Upal
- Address
- CJ- 323 Sector-II Salt Lake Kolkata-700091
- Affiliation
- none
- Profession
- Student
- Comments
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Sankar Ray
- Address
- Golf Green ,Kolkata, India
- Affiliation
- With Nagarik Mancha, a voluntary social work forum
- Profession
- Journalist
- Comments
- counter-revolutionary syndrome of degenerated Stalin-followers
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Sankhasubhra Nag
- Address
- Salt Lake, Kolkata
- Affiliation
- FAMA
- Profession
- Teacher, Sarojoni Naidu College for Women
- Comments
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Anup Kumar Bandyopadhyay
- Address
- Dept. of Electronics & Tel. Comm. Engg.
- Affiliation
- Jadavpur University , Kolkata - 700032
- Profession
- Professor
- Comments
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Jayasri Banerjee
- Address
- F/6, Jadavpur University Campus 700032
- Affiliation
- Member IETE
- Profession
- House wife
- Comments
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R Majumdar
- Address
- B 27/1 Kalindi Housing Estate, Kolkata 700089
- Affiliation
- TASAM
- Profession
- Teaching
- Comments
- The same political people who once took up cudgels to stop police from entering educational institutions, are now solely dependent on police!
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Avijit Lahiri
- Address
- 252 Laketown, Block A, Kolkata 700 089
- Affiliation
- retired teacher, Vidyasagar Evening College, Kolkata 700 006
- Profession
- retired teacher
- Comments
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Mala Mitra
- Address
- Kolkata
- Affiliation
- TASAM
- Profession
- teaching
- Comments
- I strongly condemn police entry in any Academic Institution
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dipanjan rai chaudhuri
- Address
- park circus
- Affiliation
- TASAM
- Profession
- teacher
- Comments
- urgently required
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Purnendu Chakraborty
- Address
- Minneapolis, USA
- Affiliation
- Uni. Minnesota
- Profession
- Post Doc
- Comments
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suvarup saha
- Address
- USA
- Affiliation
- Northwestern University, JU-alumnus
- Profession
- Student
- Comments
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Kuver Sinha
- Address
- .
- Affiliation
- www.sanhati.com
- Profession
- .
- Comments
- Support strongly
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Surasri Chaudhuri
- Address
- BJ 316 Salt Lake, Kolkata 700091
- Affiliation
- Individual
- Profession
- Teaching
- Comments
- I fully support the demands.
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Debdas Banerjee
- Address
- Institute of Development Studies Kolkata
- Affiliation
- Institute of Development Studies Kolkata
- Profession
- Professor of Economics
- Comments
- STOP politicizing higher education any more!!! It's a loss of face to other states and countries for all of those who're not frogs in the potholes.
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Shamik Sarkar
- Address
- Kolkata
- Affiliation
- IISER
- Profession
- Research Associate
- Comments
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prabhat mandal
- Address
- 4B, H Road, Anandapuri, Barrackpur, Kol 700 122
- Affiliation
- Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata 700 64
- Profession
- Research/Teaching
- Comments
- I strongly condemn police entry in any Academic Institution
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prabhat mandal
- Address
- 4B, H Road, Anandapuri, Barrackpur, Kol 700 122
- Affiliation
- Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata 700 64
- Profession
- Research/Teaching
- Comments
- I strongly condemn police entry in any Academic Institution
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Dr. Amit Bhattacharyya
- Address
- Department of History, Jadavpur University
- Affiliation
- Jadavpur University
- Profession
- Professor of History
- Comments
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Supratik Mukhopadhyay
- Address
- 1/AF, Sector 1, Bidhannagar
- Affiliation
- INO Section, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics
- Profession
- Professor
- Comments
- Â
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Immanuel Ness
- Address
- Brooklyn College - Brooklyn NY - 11210 (US)
- Affiliation
- Professor
- Profession
- Educator
- Comments
- Strong support to protect student rights
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M.B.Patil
- Address
- EE Dept, IIT Bombay
- Affiliation
- IIT Bombay
- Profession
- Teaching
- Comments
- mixing politics and academics is very harmful to the academic atmosphere in the country.
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nabadutta
- Address
- 25,raicharan ghosh lane, c-2\5 ,kolkata-39
- Affiliation
- nagarik mancha
- Profession
- secretary
- Comments
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Sukla Sen
- Address
- Mumbai
- Affiliation
- EKTA (Committee for Communal Amity), Mumbai
- Profession
- Social activist
- Comments
- I do strongly condemn the blatantly biased attitude of the Principal and the state administration. Remedial measures must immediately be taken.
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debiprasad ghosh
- Address
- 15 kedar bose lane
- Affiliation
- saha institute of nuclear physics
- Profession
- engineer
- Comments
- govt.and univ. authoritys' inept action and wilful attitide have caused pandimonium and this is highly deplorable.The parents are paying fees and taxes to the authority and the Govt. not for such inimical conflict.
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Salil Biswas
- Address
- B19/7, Uttarayan, 102 B.T.Road, Kolkata - 108
- Affiliation
- Retired
- Profession
- Ex-Principal, Heramba Chandra College, Kolkata
- Comments
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Gayatri Biswas
- Address
- 125, Maruti Layout, Chinnappanahalli. Bangalore-560037
- Affiliation
- FMR, India
- Profession
- Technical Writing
- Comments
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K P Sinhamahapatra
- Address
- Aerospace Engineering, IIT Kharagpur
- Affiliation
- Associate Professor, IIT Kharagpur
- Profession
- Teaching & Research
- Comments
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Bhaskar Gupta
- Address
- Kolkata 700 032
- Affiliation
- Jadavpur University
- Profession
- Teaching
- Comments
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Anilesh Mohari
- Address
- CIT Campus, Taramani
- Affiliation
- Reader
- Profession
- Academics
- Comments
- The problem is deep routed in BESU and I trust that this problem can not solved unless students act wisely and stay away from dirty politics.
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Dr. Avijit Kar
- Address
- 4/3K/232, Sarsuna Satellite Township, Kolkata 700061
- Affiliation
- Jadavpur University
- Profession
- Professor of Comp. Sc. & Engg.
- Comments
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nabhajit
- Address
- 22 the avenue, liphook, GU30 7QD, U.K.
- Affiliation
- none
- Profession
- chartered accountant
- Comments
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Trinanjan Chakraborty
- Address
- Bidhan Nagar
- Affiliation
- Alliance Francaise (Kolkata)
- Profession
- teaching
- Comments
- do away with corporatisation of education institutions! reinstate political rights for students and education workers!
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Ramen Deshpande
- Address
- University of Calcutta
- Affiliation
- CUBMB
- Profession
- .
- Comments
- Â
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Mainak Sengupta
- Address
- Dept. of EE
- Affiliation
- BESU, Shibpur
- Profession
- Teaching and Research
- Comments
- Let Prof. Sabyasachi Sengupta, VC of WBUT take-over. We need a teacher at the top to tackle students. All cases must be withdrawn. Then teachers must look into the cases and they should give them appropriate punishments, even expulsion. But as per 4 May 2001, Supreme Court ruling, calling the police indicates failure of the administration. In a similar case in tamil nadu, the principal has been suspended. Twop rules in the same nation. You judge. Convert BESU to IIEST just now. 90\% of the problems will go.
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amites mukherjee
- Address
- p-108 kalindi housing estate kol 89
- Affiliation
- university of kalyani
- Profession
- teaching
- Comments
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Probal Dasgupta
- Address
- LRU, ISI, 203 B T Rd, Kolkata 700108
- Affiliation
- Indian Statistical Institute
- Profession
- teacher
- Comments
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Subhasis
- Address
- Kasba, Kolkata 700042
- Affiliation
- BESUS
- Profession
- Teaching
- Comments
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Abhijit Guha
- Address
- Dept. of Anthropology,Vidyasagar University
- Affiliation
- Reader,Vidyasagar University
- Profession
- Teaching
- Comments
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John Joseph
- Address
- Mumbai, India
- Affiliation
- Mass Movement
- Profession
- Activist
- Comments
- Withdraw NOW
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Abhee Dutt-Mazumder
- Address
- 1/AF Bidhannagar, Kolkata-64
- Affiliation
- Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics
- Profession
- Research and Teaching
- Comments
- I strongly feel that the authority is purposefully creating chaos in order to justify their own misdeeds. It is strange to see that students have been given criminal charges when no sign of crimical activities are visible. Let it be stated clrealy again that under no circumstances police should be called to resolve student disputes. This goes against the very spirit of academic institution. At the same time we urge that the students should also maintain academic atmosphere of the campus.
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Tarun Kanti Naskar
- Address
- ME DEPARTMENT, JU, KOLKATA
- Affiliation
- Jadavpur UNiversity
- Profession
- Teaching
- Comments
- OK
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Asoke P. Chattopadhyay
- Address
- University of Kalyani
- Affiliation
- University of Kalyani
- Profession
- Academics
- Comments
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