Kolkata, March 2 -- A standoff erupted at Jadavpur University, Kolkata, on Saturday as student activists from CPI(M)-affiliated SFI and the Naxalite AISA staged a protest demanding the immediate announcement of student union election dates, media reports said.

The demonstrators 'gheraoed' West Bengal Education Minister Bratya Basu and damaged the windscreen of his vehicle, reported India Today.

Basu, a prominent face in Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress government, had visited Jadavpur University to attend a meeting convened by the TMC university Teachers' Association.

The protest began before Basu's arrival, with students raising slogans and airing their grievances.

The report quoted eyewitnesses as saying that protesters vandalis...