Governor warns JU students against boycotting convocation

West Bengal Governor K N Tripathi today warned protesting students of Jadavpur University that their certificates would be stamped stating they have boycotted the convocation.
"It is up to them if they (students) do not receive. The certificates will be sent to them by post. And if they insist there will be a stamp on their certificate that they have boycotted the convocation. I am proposing a stamp in degree certificates," Tripathi told reporters on the sidelines of a Calcutta Chamber of Commerce program.
On proposed boycott by Jadavpur University Teachers' Association (JUTA), the Governor, who is also the chancellor of state universities, said it is open to a person to participate in the convocation or not.

"If anybody refuses to participates he can. But law will takes its own course if there is any attempt to disrupt the convocation then I am sorry the law will have to be allowed to take its own course," he said.
The convocation is scheduled to be held on December 24 during which JUTA has threatened to hold a protest demonstration inside the campus against Vice-chancellor Abhijit Chakrabarti.
Students on the other hand have given a call to boycott the convocation to demand the VC's resignation following police crackdown on protesting students three months ago.