On social media, members of the BJP expressed outrage at a video showing students of the Trinamool Congress Chattra Parishad attempting to burn a photograph of Rabindranath Tagore. Chanchal College president A.B. Soyel was leading the effort. The students reportedly sought to display the photograph alongside Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah. Authorities have launched an investigation into the incident, which has prompted protests from the BJP.