AISA national president Neha Bora alleged that the attacks carried out by RSS and BJP are threatening democratic and secular views.
Bora was speaking at a seminar organised by the SFI at Jadavpur University (JU) in light of the attacks that happened at SRFTI. She claimed that such incidents are taking place since the BJP came to power in West Bengal.
“Repeated attacks are being carried out in an institution of national importance like the Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute (SRFTI) by the right-wing forces, while democratic, liberal and secular views are also coming under increasing threat,” she said.
“While there has been repeated attacks by the RSS and its allies on SRFTI in the last one week, exposing students to the threats of fascists, a month back students of JU were confined by a group of outsiders belonging to right-wing outfits, with stones and eggs hurled at them,” she asserted.
“They only understand power, but they cannot intimidate us by such attacks,” Bora said.
Accusing the right-wing ecosystem of violating the Constitution and snatching the right to freedom of speech and liberty, she said “our battle will only grow stronger”.
(With agency inputs from PTI)
