Amid political drama over government formation in the state, the Maharashtra governor gave the Mumbai University convocation on Tuesday a miss at the last minute, claimed the officials at the varsity. Bhagat Singh Koshyari's office, however, said the MU was informed about his plan to not attend the ceremony well in advance.

Governor Koshyari, also the chancellor of state universities, was declared the president of the convocation ceremony, which was attended by Defence Research and Development Organisation Chairman Satheesh Reddy as the chief guest.