To express solidarity with the students at JNU agitating against the arrest of their leader Kanhaiya Kumar for alleged sedition, Jadavpur University students today borught out a rally shouting slogans in favour of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru.
During the torch rally brought from JU campus to Gol Park in South Kolkata by students of all faculties of the university, slogans like "Afzal bole azadi, Geelani bole azadi" (We will take our freedom forcefully) were raised.
Other slogans like "Freedom from RSS, freedom from Modi government", "Jab Kashmir ne maangi azadi, Manipur bhi boli azadi" were also raised.
SFI local committee secretary Samanya Raha, who took part in the rally, said it was a "mass gathering" to protest against the arrest of Kanhaiya Kumar on the charge of sedition.