Rajya Sabha MP Swapan Dasgupta was allegedly locked down by mob at Visva Bharati University in West Bengal. He claimed that he came to address a lecture series at the university on CAA. Speaking to ANI, BJP Rajya Sabha MP Swapan Dasgupta said, "I had come to Visva Bharati to address a lecture series on Citizenship Amendment Bill. It was not a party program". Students affiliated to Left student organisations held protest at Visva Bharati University in West Bengal’s Birbhum.