Anti-BT group creates flutter at TN agri varsity convocation

Updated on: Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Coimbatore: A group of persons opposed to BT and GM seeds created a flutter at the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University's convocation here today by raising slogans and distributing pamphlets against such varieties as Governor S S Barnala arrived for the function.

As the Governor, also the Chancellor of the university, was about to enter the venue at the TNAU, the eight-member group, including a few lawyers, raised slogans against research and sale of BT varieties, including BT brinjal, university sources said.

They accused TNAU of 'bowing to pressure from multi-nationals like Monsanto' and asked the students not to accept the degrees from such a university.

All the persons were removed from the venue for 'creating commotion' during the Governor's arrival, police said.

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