Even as black flags were waved at Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Kolkata on Saturday afternoon, a collective of around 75 JNU alumni from Mumbai, gathered at Azad Maidan to voice their displeasure and protest against the current university administration, demanding the resignation of the dean, VC, and proctor.

Joining this small and motley crowd was JNU's ex-head of security, who is also a former NSG and RAW official with 20 years of service under his belt. Dipanjan Chakraborty, 54, who commanded around 250 guards under him and was entrusted with the responsibility of monitoring the campus security from 1999 to 2004, said, "I was deployed there (JNU) following the orders of LK Advani. There was political turmoil then too, but not like this. The JNU I knew has changed."