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Varsity students enact anti-ragging street play

GUWAHATI: The students of Gauhati University on Friday staged a street play to create awareness on the dangers of ragging. The senior students took efforts to make the freshers feel secure by highlighting the hazards of ragging and the social repercussions involved with ragging through a street play.It was organised by the university unit of All Assam Students’ Union (AASU), in collaboration with the University Law College unit AASU. Students enacted the play which was lead by Nayan Jyoti Gogoi and Jonak Kankan Bhuyan. “We organised the street play basically to make the students as well as the general public aware about the ill-effects of ragging.” , President of the university unit of AASU, Nirupam Koch said.University Law College AASU unit President, Ratish Roy added that though no such stances of ragging  has been witnessed on our university campus so far, as all our students have been strictly warned against engaging in any such activities. ”Earlier the play was inaugurated by Secretary,Gauhati University Classes, Dr. Hemanta Kumar Nath. Others present include central executive members of AASU, Gopal Das,Utpal Sarmah,Jnardan Goswami among a host of varsity students and public.

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Publicity stunts! That is what happens in GU: publicity stunts.

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