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Debanjan Dey is an Indian student leader associated with the Students' Federation of India (SFI), the student organisation affiliated with the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)). He has served as the SFI's West Bengal state secretary since January 2024. Previously, he served as president of the SFI Kolkata district committee.[1][2]
Student politics
[edit]Dey was president of the SFI Kolkata district committee by 2023. During that period, he was involved in campaigns concerning student-union elections and other education-related issues. In February 2023, The Indian Express identified him as SFI Kolkata district president during a demonstration at the University of Calcutta demanding student-union elections. The newspaper reported that SFI members entered the College Street campus during the demonstration and clashed with police.[3]
On 10 March 2023, Dey and SFI Kolkata district secretary Mohammad Atif Nisar were detained by police at Sealdah railway station before an SFI march in Kolkata. The detention and subsequent procession were reported by People's Democracy, the newspaper of the CPI(M).[4]
In January 2024, Dey was replaced as SFI Kolkata district president by Barnana Mukhopadhyay. Didhiti Roy became the district secretary. The News Minute reported that Mukhopadhyay's appointment made her the first woman to hold the Kolkata district president's post alongside a woman district secretary.[1]
SFI West Bengal state secretary
[edit]At the SFI's 38th West Bengal state conference, held in Malda from 22 to 24 January 2024, Dey was elected state secretary. Pranoy Karji was elected state president and Souvik Das Bakshi was elected editor of the organisation's publication Chhatra Sangram. A 99-member state committee was elected at the conference.[2][5]
Following his election, Dey became a public spokesperson for the SFI on issues including student-union elections, education policy and examinations. In March 2024, he also authored an article published by the CPI(M) West Bengal State Committee discussing education and student mobilisation.[6]
Dey continued to appear in media reports concerning student politics in West Bengal. In 2025, he commented publicly on protests associated with the SFI and on student politics at Jadavpur University.[7]
24 July 2026 Kolkata student protest
[edit]On 24 July 2026, Dey participated in a large student demonstration in Kolkata concerning alleged irregularities in the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET). The protest was led by SFI and other Left student organisations and was joined by the West Bengal unit of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP). The protesters demanded, among other things, the resignation of Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan and changes to the national examination system.[8][9]
The procession reached the Esplanade area, where clashes occurred between protesters and police. The Indian Express reported that protesters allegedly threw stones and shoes at police and that police used batons to disperse the crowd.[8]
Several journalists were also assaulted during the incident. The following day, The Telegraph reported that one person had been detained in connection with an assault on television journalists and that police had identified several people allegedly involved in the violence.[10]
Dey alleged that attempts had been made to disrupt the demonstration and said that stones had been thrown at the rally from a fire brigade vehicle. He also alleged that people associated with the BJP had entered the procession. These allegations were reported by The Wire, which noted that claims that the violence had been deliberately engineered by government or ruling-party-linked actors had not been independently established.[11]
Association with the CPI(M)
[edit]Dey is associated with the CPI(M) through his leadership of the SFI. The CPI(M) West Bengal State Committee's list elected at the party's 27th state conference in February 2025 lists Dey among the committee's Permanent Invitees.[12]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "CPI(M)'s student wing SFI in Kolkata appoints two women in top posts". The News Minute. 21 January 2024. Retrieved 1 October 2026.
- 1 2 Ghosh, Pradipto Kanti (24 January 2024). "SFI: সৃজন-প্রতিকুরের ছাড়া SFI-এর ব্যাটন ধরলেন দেবাঞ্জন-প্রণয়". TV9 Bangla (in Bengali). Retrieved 1 October 2026.
- ↑ Express News Service (21 February 2023). "SFI protests at Calcutta varsity, demands student union elections". The Indian Express. Retrieved 1 October 2026.
- ↑ "West Bengal: Massive Protests Roar across the State". People's Democracy. March 2023. Retrieved 1 October 2026.
- ↑ Subinoy Moulik (4 February 2024). "WB: SFI Conference Pledges Continued Resistance to Misrule". People's Democracy. Retrieved 1 October 2026.
- ↑ Debanjan Dey (5 March 2024). "The Struggle to Protect the Read-Make-Fight Formula". CPI(M) West Bengal State Committee. Retrieved 1 October 2026.
- ↑ "CPI(M)'s student wing SFI takes responsibility for protests during Mamata's speech at Oxford". The Indian Express. 2025. Retrieved 1 October 2026.
- 1 2 Sweety Kumari; Arghya Chakravorty (24 July 2026). "Kolkata students' protest turns violent: Police use batons to disperse crowds as shoes hurled, stones pelted". The Indian Express. Retrieved 1 October 2026.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ Ravik Bhattacharya; Sweety Kumari (24 July 2026). "CJP seeks police nod for rally, extends support to SFI protest today". The Indian Express. Retrieved 1 October 2026.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ Arnab Ganguly (25 July 2026). "Kolkata NEET protest: One held for assault on TV journalist hours after Bengal CM names accused". The Telegraph. Retrieved 1 October 2026.
- ↑ Aparna Bhattacharya (26 July 2026). "'Those Friday People': Questions Over Who Started Kolkata Protest Violence as Suvendu Targets Muslims". The Wire. Retrieved 1 October 2026.
- ↑ "State Committee Members". CPI(M) West Bengal State Committee. 2025. Retrieved 1 October 2026.