Mamata joins students’ protest after High Court bars TMCP rally, says cops attacked her

5 min readKolkataUpdated: Jul 25, 2026 09:13 PM IST Former CM Mamata Banerjee reached at CIT road Padma Pukur to Join the rally of TMC IT cell against Lathi charge in Jantarmantar on the students while they are protesting against Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. (Express Photo by Partha Paul) TMC chief Mamata Banerjee on Saturday joined a protest in Kolkata in support of students agitating over the NEET paper leak issue after the Calcutta High Court refused permission for the Trinamool Chhatra Parishad’s (TMCP) proposed rally, with the demonstration triggering a confrontation between police and supporters of the Mamata-led faction. The protest was organised by the Kalighat faction of the Trinamool Chhatra Parishad (TMCP), along with the party’s youth and IT wings, against the alleged