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Many gold medalists of Pondicherry University have decided to boycott the annual convocation of the university as an expression of their opposition to the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and the National Register of Citizens. The university’s students council had, on Friday, urged students to boycott the annual event which is to be held on December 23 and will be attended by the President of India.
Speaking to TNM requesting anonymity, one of the gold medalists of the university said that deciding to boycott the event was a personal decision
The students council of the university had, on Friday, 20 December requested students to boycott the event by refusing to get the degrees from the President of India, Ram Nath Kovind, who is going to attend the convocation.
The statement also urged students to be present at the event but peacefully and constitutionally register their disappointment by not receiving the degrees from the President of India.
Parichay Yadav, the president of the students council, told TNM that their decision has been welcomed by the old students and current students equally.
The university’s students council had organised a protest in support of the police violence on students of Jamia Millia Islamia University and Aligarh Muslim University last week, when they were protesting against the CAA and NRC.
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