She did not misbehave: Guv tells on Geetashri Sarkar
"Everyone protests in their own way and this girl politely declined to accept the medal. She was very polite. It was her right to decide whether to accept the medal or decline it," the Governor told reporters.
"She did not misbehave," he said.
The Governor declined Sarkar's assertion that he had asked her to 'get out' of the convocation.
"I did not tell her get out," Tripathi said.
"I told her three times to accept the medal but when she refused to do so, then I just told her to get down from the dais. I told her to go back," he said.
The students of Jadavpur University (JU) boycotted the annual convocation on Wednesday.
They demonstrated inside the JU campus.
When the Governor 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.
The Jadavpur University Teachers' Association (JUTA) also boycotted the event.
Most of the alumnus, including Sarkar, 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.
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