Kolkata: Unprecedented chaos erupted at Bhartiya Janta Party President Amit Shah’s roadshow in Kolkata where massive clashes broke out between BJP workers and supporters and students of Calcutta University after the latter protested against the BJP chief’s rally.

According to the sources, students of the Calcutta University shown black flags as the BJP roadshow passed in front of the university gates and had also raised slogans such as “Amit Shah go back”. The protest irked the BJP supporters who charged upon the students, resulting in utter chaos and mayhem at the spot in the presence of police. 

BJP president Amit Shah claimed that the Trinamool Congress goons were frustrated with the positive response that the BJP roadshow had received on Tuesday. Speaking to news agency ANI, Shah said, "Today the way BJP's roadshow got a response in Kolkata with almost every citizen attending it, TMC's goons were frustrated and so attacked it. I would like to congratulate BJP workers as even after such chaos the roadshow continued and concluded at the planned place and time."

Notably, TMC’s students' union wing has a strong presence in the Calcutta University. During the clashes, the mob also barged into nearby Vidyasagar College and vandalized college property, including the bust of noted Bengali philosopher Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar. Meanwhile, TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee visited the spot of the clashes - Calcutta University and Vidyasagar College - and blamed the "BJP goons" for the vandalization of Vidyasagar's statue.

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