I am not with agitation, but with dialogue: Himanta on Tezpur University protests

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma connected Sunday (December 7, 2025) denounced the ongoing agitation astatine Tezpur University and said helium is not with immoderate signifier of protests but supports each forms of discussion.

The concern astatine the varsity had been tense since mid-September, with students accusing VC Shambhu Nath Singh and the authorities of not showing owed respect to vocalist Zubeen Garg adjacent arsenic the authorities was mourning his death.

"Where determination is an agitation, I americium not there. I volition beryllium determination if determination is simply a discussion," Mr. Sarma told reporters connected the sidelines of an authoritative relation here.

The students of the cardinal assemblage person enforced a "complete shutdown" connected the field since November 29, forcing the medication to cancel each end-of-term examinations.

Asked if VC Singh has been removed pursuing the sojourn of a cardinal squad to the varsity connected Saturday, Mr. Sarma said, "I don't know." The CM had connected Wednesday said that helium spoke to Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan regarding the situation, and urged him to name a pro-VC immediately, pending an impartial enquiry into the behaviour of the contiguous VC.

Gaurav Gogoi connected pupil protestation astatine Tezpur

Congress person Gaurav Gogoi connected Sunday lauded the student-led agitation astatine Tezpur University arsenic a awesome of “new Assam”.

Mr. Gogoi, the lawman person of the Congress successful Lok Sabha and main of the enactment successful the state, criticised the authorities for its handling of the unrest, which started successful mid-September pursuing the decease of vocalist Zubeen Garg.

“It is disappointing to spot the mode successful which Tezpur University is being tackled by the government. At the aforesaid time, I americium arrogant of the mode successful which the students and module of Tezpur University person conducted themselves. Firm, unbending and dignified,” Mr. Gogoi said successful a bid of posts connected X.

Referring to the celebrated connection of Mr. Garg, the MP described the prolonged protests arsenic the “Kanchenjunga tone of caller Assam”.