Visva-Bharati Vice Chancellor Bidyut Chakraborty, who had earlier courted a number of controversies, triggered a recent row on Wednesday over a purported audio clip of him threatening to shut down the premier central college.
In the viral audio clip, which couldn’t be verified, Chakraborty was heard telling the school and non-teaching workers: “I will ensure Visva-Bharati is closed down. But I am not issuing any threat.”
“Visva-Bharati has become a hotbed of thieves and dacoits. Otherwise how come (TMC leader) Anubrata Mondal gets away by saying the VC is insane,” he mentioned.
The audio clips triggered widespread protests however the Visva-Bharati authorities didn’t subject any official assertion.
In one other audio clip, apparently of the identical digital assembly, Chakraborty purportedly mentioned: “No sane person will be able to sustain here, considering the extent of theft going on unabated.”
“Some of the children here try to break open the locks of a faculty member, but there is no protest. Everyone here is an escapist but wants the full salary at the start of the month. I tried to catch the thieves and hence I am bad for some,” he mentioned.
A senior school member mentioned the feedback had been made at a digital assembly on March 15 the place the VC was speaking about disciplinary motion towards some college workers and workers.
