The University of Calcutta and the West Bengal government appear set for a major confrontation, with the university refusing to postpone a fourth-semester examination scheduled for August 28, which happens to be the foundation day of the students’ wing of the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC).
It remains to be seen who eventually wins, but the issue has openly split Kolkata’s academia, with many Principals coming out in support of the State government, and numerous other professors applauding officiating Vice-Chancellor Santa Datta (De) for standing up to the TMC party machinery.
