‘There Are Many Like Manojit Mishra’: Suspended TMC Scholar Leaders To News18
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Rajanya Halder and Prantik Chakraborty addressed the prevalence of a ‘dadagiri tradition’ inside the TMCP
Suspended TMCP leaders Rajanya Halder and Prantik Chakraborty have spoken solely with News18, making severe expenses that paint a grim image of the scholar wing’s inside dynamics. Pic/News18
Allegations of a pervasive “dadagiri”, or bullying and dominance, tradition inside the Trinamool Congress’s pupil wing, the TMCP, have come to gentle following the alleged gang rape incident at South Calcutta Regulation School. The first accused, Manojit Mishra, was reportedly a former Trinamool Chhatra Parishad chief, sparking additional issues concerning the setting inside the pupil organisation. Within the aftermath, suspended TMCP leaders Rajanya Halder and Prantik Chakraborty have spoken solely with News18, making severe expenses that paint a grim image of the scholar wing’s inside dynamics.
Rajanya Halder, addressing the prevalence of a “dadagiri tradition” inside the TMCP, unequivocally acknowledged, “Sure, there are a lot of like Manojit Mishra within the organisation. This tradition of intimidation and dominance exists—and it wants to finish.” She emphasised the need of democratic elections inside college students’ unions as the one efficient method to dismantle this entrenched tradition. Halder additionally harassed the significance of talking out towards horrific crimes like rape, aligning her views with TMC nationwide basic secretary Abhishek Banerjee’s stance that rapists ought to face extreme penalties.
Rajanya additional alleged a sample of misogyny directed in direction of ladies in management roles inside the pupil wing. She recounted a private ordeal from 2024 the place some TMC pupil leaders, unable to tolerate her success, created and circulated an AI-generated nude picture of her. This led to brutal on-line trolling, slut-shaming, and harassment, regardless of her makes an attempt to make clear on Fb.
Halder clarified that her suspension was not associated to her talking out on this situation however moderately resulting from objections the occasion needed to a movie she made. She acknowledged that the harassment towards her continues even now for her outspokenness. She additionally identified that this drawback shouldn’t be remoted, referencing the RG Kar Hospital rape and homicide case and steady character assassination she has confronted over the previous 11 months for condemning such occasions on faculty campuses.
When requested why she didn’t file a police grievance in 2024, Rajanya defined that she didn’t wish to injury the occasion’s picture by naming influential leaders inside the TMC, selecting as an alternative to method the occasion management, who assured her that motion can be taken.
Prantik, a former vice chairman of the TMCP, corroborated Rajanya’s issues, asserting that the problem extends past only one AI-generated picture and displays a broader drawback in up to date pupil politics. Whereas he didn’t personally see the picture, he confirmed being knowledgeable about it and conveying the data to senior occasion management, although not on to Mamata Banerjee or Abhishek Banerjee. He famous that his issues had been “taken evenly”.
Prantik affirmed Manojit Mishra’s simple affiliation with the TMCP, calling it an “open secret” that he was often known as a “dada”. Prantik recalled an incident in 2022 the place he barred Mishra from campus, resulting in a loss of life menace, which he reported to greater authorities with none subsequent motion.
Prantik maintained that Rajanya is being focused merely for protesting and is receiving abusive telephone calls, highlighting that the problem is bigger than one particular person. He harassed the necessity for accountability from native management accountable for these areas, expressing uncertainty about whether or not concrete motion will comply with the occasion’s assurances.
In response to Rajanya’s statements, TMC minister and Kolkata mayor Firhad Hakim dismissively stated, “Who’s she? Who? Who’re these folks? If somebody accused you of one thing, would you reply to them?”
Kamalika Sengupta, Editor, Digital East of News18, is a multilingual journalist with 16 years of expertise in protecting the northeast, with specialisation in politics and defence. She has gained UNICEF Laadli Awar…Learn Extra
Kamalika Sengupta, Editor, Digital East of News18, is a multilingual journalist with 16 years of expertise in protecting the northeast, with specialisation in politics and defence. She has gained UNICEF Laadli Awar… Learn Extra
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