Independent Consolidation (IC) members alleged that CPM-backed SFI supporters had threatened the family members of their candidates. IC member and college General Secretary Dipanjan Sinha said, “We are taking all our candidates to an undisclosed location where they will spend the night.”

SFI members, however, denied the allegations and said that one of their supporters was beaten up and admitted to the medical college.

IC members also alleged that by accusing them of bogus voting, SFI had purposely postponed the panel election last year by a month.

“SFI members had beaten up two of our boys last year. We had to take shelter in the principal’s room as SFI members from other colleges had also come in,” alleged an IC supporter.

To this, SFI president Mayukh Biswas said, “We were right in postponing the panel elections as we wanted an investigating committee to be set up to look into the case of bogus voters.”

He also denied that any IC candidate or their family members have been threatened.