Shibasish Karmakar and Soumyajyoti Pal Chowdhury, students of Bijoygarh Jyotish Roy College, were among the ones who joined Tuesday’s rally led by Mamata Banerjee to make Muslims feel safe.

The second-year students walked because they believed that the chief minister was putting up a spirited fight against the amended citizenship act and the NRC.

Besides, Shibasish said that as a Hindu he felt the need to stand up and protest the act that was trying to create a rift between Hindus and Muslims.

“The NRC in Assam has shown that even the Hindus are not safe. Out of the 19 lakh people left out of the NRC, about 12 lakh are Hindus. So this is not the time to sit idle,” said Shibasish, a BSc student.

“Also if more Hindus come out and protest, the Muslims will feel secure and realise that there are people who love and care for them,” he said.

Friend Soumyajyoti said Mamata’s call to reject the NRC and the citizenship law had drawn him to the rally.

“I am here because I think she is among the few people who has the power to stop these two acts of the Centre,” the BCom student said.