Kolkata student rally violence: CM Suvendu Adhikari says 70 miscreants identified

2 min readKolkataJul 25, 2026 05:52 PM IST

Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari Saturday condemned the violence witnessed a day earlier in Kolkata during the Left-led students’ march seeking the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over exam paper leaks.

Speaking at the Assembly, the chief minister said nearly 70 miscreants who pelted stones at the police and also attacked journalists from the rally have been identified. “I myself visited the injured journalists at SSKM. Our police had been instructed not to use force unless the situation went completely out of control.”

Claiming that the rally held by the student organisations was initially peaceful, CM Adhikari added that “people who had lost in elections” from areas such as Kidderpore, Metiabruz, Rajabazar and Park Circus infiltrated the gathering and engaged in violence.

Adhikari said action would be taken against the miscreants under the Goonda Suppression Act.

He further announced that MLAs will wear black badges and hold a protest inside the Assembly premises in front of the Ambedkar statue to condemn the attack on journalists.

The police resorted to a lathi-charge to control the situation.

Seven complaints have been registered in connection with the violence during the rally, of which six have been lodged at the Hare Street police station and one at the Entally police station.

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