Kerala to Bengal: Did SFI Bring Outsiders Into SRFTI Kolkata Campus Protest?
As per the reports a person allegedly involved in vandalising a poster of Swami Vivekananda was identified as a Kerala-based SFI activist.
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A larger concern is now emerging over whether SFI is bringing communist activists from Kerala and other states to intensify protests and reinforce its ideological influence within universities.
The question gains significance in light of the ruckus at Kolkata’s Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute (SRFTI), where SFI members were involved in protests that escalated into a confrontation. The episode has raised questions about whether such mobilisation reflects a broader pattern of bringing outside political activists into campus disputes.
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As per the reports a person allegedly involved in vandalising a poster of Swami Vivekananda was identified as a Kerala-based SFI activist. The incident has now raised a larger question: is Kerala’s brand of SFI-led communist politics being brought into Bengal to create confrontation on campuses?
This is not sole case, several individuals involved in the protests were not regular students of the institute, bringing intense scrutiny to the active presence of outside agitators during the confrontation. This was further highlighted by viral video footage capturing a student from Uttar Pradesh fiercely expressing her outrage over the escalating campus violence and rhetoric.
On 27th September, member of the Leftist students group Student Federation of India (SFI) joined by others, created ruckus at an event organised by the RSS-linked Akhil Bharatiya Grahak Panchayat (ABGP) at the Main Theatre auditorium of the Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute in Kolkata. It should be noted that the ABGP had took the persmission of the event.
However, tensions flared once student bodies became aware of the program.Left-leaning student groups, led by members of the Students' Federation of India (SFI) and other students, gathered at the venue to protest the hosting of the event, raising slogans and displaying banners demanding that the organization "go back."
Soon, the protest descended into chaos. Protesters allegedly broke into the auditorium and vandalised posters of Bharat Mata and Swami Vivekananda. Police have since registered FIRs and launched an investigation into the incident.
Meanwhile, this pattern has raised serious questions about whether activists from outside the state are being brought into local protests, potentially turning educational institutions into arenas for political confrontation and disrupting the academic environment.