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JU students boycott convocation

| | Dec 25, 2014, at 03:36 am
Kolkata, Dec 24 (IBNS): The students of Jadavpur University (JU), who have been agitating against the varsity authorities for months after an incident of molestation inside the campus triggered off a cycle of protest and invited police action, boycotted the annual convocation on Wednesday.
They demonstrated inside the JU campus.
 
The governor of West Bengal Keshri Nath Tripathi was present in the convocation programme. 
 
When he was entering into the campus, demonstrating students showed him black flag.
 
They also gave 'go back' slogan to the Vice-Chancellor of JU Abhijit Chakraborty.
 
Geetoshree Sarkar, a student of the Bengali department, gave the Governor, who is also the chancellor of the university, some embarassing moments when she on stage refused to accept the medals in the presence of Vice Chancellor Abhijeet Chakraborty.
 
The Governor, according to the student, was angry and asked her to leave the stage.
 
The Jadavpur University Teachers' Association (JUTA) also boycotted the event.
 
Most of the alumnus refused to take medals and certificates from the VC and the governor. They left the stage without taking graduation or post-graduation certificates to show protest against the police crackdown over protesting students in the Jadavpur University campus on Sep 16.
 
The Kolkata Police had  arranged tight security in JU campus in the day of convocation to control any untoward situation.
 
(Reporting and Image by Deepayan Sinha)
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