WB authorities too "spineless" to fully execute HC order to shut down student union offices: BJP MLA Sankar Ghosh
Jul 05, 2025
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], July 5 : BJP MLA Sankar Ghosh on Saturday doubted if West Bengal's Higher Education authorities would fully enforce the High Court's order shutting down student union offices in colleges and universities. He called them 'spineless' before the ruling TMC.
"Without student union elections, how can a union room function as a component of the college or university? All these issues are well known to the college or university authorities... They are spineless in front of the ruling party, TMC," Ghosh told ANI.
"Now, the High Court has passed an order. But after such an order is passed, who will execute it? The principal governing body, run by the TMC party office, holds executive authority. They likely won't close the union room permanently, just temporarily for show. The main issue is that West Bengal's entire administrative system is broken," he added.
The Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed the West Bengal Higher Education Department to ensure that the union rooms in all colleges and universities in the state remain locked till the time the students' union elections in those institutes are conducted and the results declared.
The Court passed the order in the case of a law student's alleged rape in the student union room of the South Calcutta Law College.
Earlier, the High Court sought a response from the West Bengal Government on three Public Interest Litigations (PILs) regarding the alleged gangrape.
The Court also questioned why the governing body of the college was not included in the case.
On July 2, Kolkata Police stated that the Detective Department of the police force would take over the investigation in the alleged gang rape case.
Earlier, BJP's fact-finding committee member Manan Kumar Mishra stated alleged that the police were "hiding" the family of the rape survivor and not allowing anyone to meet the security guard, who is the fourth accused in the incident.
He further alleged that there was an attempt to "tamper" with the First Information Report (FIR) to change the name of the accused.
