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Trichy: Many of the students of the Central University of Tamil Nadu (CUTN), Tiruvarur, who hail from north Indian states including West Bengal, may not be able to cast their vote in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections as their semester examination dates clash with that of the election dates.The examination schedule was released before the announcement of the election dates. Observing that it would coincide with the election dates in Tamil Nadu, the university has rescheduled the semester examination dates.Office of the controller of examination, CUTN, told TOI that examinations have been rescheduled to be conducted between April 26 and May 10. “As per protocol, the university is not supposed to function during elections in Tamil Nadu. As per the university calendar, the semester exams for all the courses were to be held between April 4 and April 25. However, the students found the idea weird and asked what proof that they can furnish to establish that they had cast their votes..