Kolkata, Jan. 29 -- Much as it happened at Jadavpur University, Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar was on Tuesday prevented by agitating students from attending the convocation ceremony of the Calcutta University where he was scheduled to give away the honorary D'Litt degree to Nobel Laureate economist Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee.
Hundreds of students who gathered at Nazrul Manch the venue of the programme carried "No NRC-No CAA banners" and shouted "go back" slogan even as they blockaded the Governor's vehicle and then prevented him from rising on the stage forcing him to remain confined inside the green room, sources said.
The programme was stalled for more than an hour and was resumed only after Dhankhar who is also the Chancellor of the Un...