We won't show papers: JU student Debsmita Chowdhury tears CAA copy at convocation ceremony
Kolkata/IBNS: Amid the widespread students' protest against the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, Jadavpur University student Debsmita Chowdhury chose her way of agitation by tearing a copy of the Act while receiving her MA degree and medal during the convocation ceremony on Tuesday.
In a video, which went viral on social media, Debsmita is seen taking a moment on the stage and tearing the copy of the Act into two pieces loudly saying, "Hum kagaz nahi dikhayenge (we will not show papers). Inquilab Zindabad."
In a Facebook video, Debsmita citing her reason for such a protest said, "I have read the CAA very nicely, deeply, minutely. I have seen the very draconian nature of it, the dark, grey areas that it holds and I think it should be condemned. It should be opposed in every possible way. Therefore I stand my by words that hum kagaz nahi dikhayenge.
Also I felt heartfelt solidarity with all the students of Jamia Millia Islamia University, Aligarh Muslim University and students across the country who are protesting to all their levels and capacities.."
Before the convocation ceremony on Tuesday, the JU had witnessed a massive protest by several students and Trinamool Congress-leaning members against West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar, who also happens to be the university's Chancellor, for the latter's stand on CAA.
Since the time the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, was passed by Parliament, Dhankhar maintained the law of the land can't be disobeyed and even went on to call West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's anti-CAA protest rally "unconstitutional".
On Tuesday, Dhankhar, who was not allowed to be present at the convocation ceremony by the protesters, ultimately left the campus saying "the rule of law has collapsed" in the state.
(Image Credit: Screenshot grab from video)
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