Tezpur (Assam), Dec 5 (PTI) In a dramatic turn of events at Tezpur University, which has been under complete shutdown for last seven days, the senior-most faculty member assumed charge as acting vice chancellor in a suo-motu move early on Friday.

The situation started changing rapidly after VC Shambhu Nath Singh, against whom the entire agitation has been taking place since mid-September, called for a Board of Management (BOM) meeting on Thursday afternoon and subsequently appointed Mass Communication professor Joya Chakraborty as the pro-VC.

Chakraborty refused to accept the role, and the Tezpur University United Forum (TUUF), which has been spreading the agitation, decided to continue its indefinite shutdown of the central varsity in Assam's Sonitpur district.

The shutdown started on

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