"Students should give first priority to studies and union activities would come after that," Chatterjee told media on the sidelines of a function at Dinabandhu Andrews College in south Kolkata last evening.
Disapproving of students with very little attendance heading student unions, Chatterjee said, "We are not in favour of students with 2-3 per cent attendance in colleges leading student bodies."
"We are taking a relook at the issue," the minister said commenting "During my tenure as general secretary of the students' union in my college I seldom skipped classes.