Protests erupt after Cotton University Students' Union general secretary joins BJP

STAFF REPORTER

GUWAHATI: Protests erupted in the Cotton University campus on Thursday after the general secretary of Cotton University Students' Union (CUSU), Abhishek Mahanta formally joined the Bharatiya Janata party (BJP).

A boarder of the MNDP Hostel of the university, Nayan Jyoti Kalita said that Mahanta had betrayed the trust of the boarders of MNDP, SKL and DRK hostels by joining a political. Kalita alleged that Mahanta has also violated recommendations of the Lyngdoh Committee regarding student body elections.

He further said that all the three hostels will henceforth boycott Mahanta, who is boarder of the MNDP Hostel, and further demanded that Mahanta should resign from the CUSU.

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