Panjab University: YAD, SOI activists protest against suggestion by panel

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, July 12

Activists of the Youth Akali Dal (YAD) and Students Organisation of India (SOI) today held a protest at Panjab University demanding immediate withdrawal of a report of a high-level committee on governance reforms, along with an assurance that no college affiliated with the university in Punjab will be disaffiliated from it.

The youth activists also demanded an undertaking from the Vice-Chancellor that the territorial jurisdiction of the university would not be rewritten.

“The activists held a huge protest in front of the Vice-Chancellor’s office holding placards to save Panjab University,” said Vicky Middukhera, former SOI president, PU.

Parambans Romana, YAD president, announced that Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal would lead the fight to ensure the character of the university was not changed.

The YAD president said the high-level committee, which did not include any member from the Senate or the Syndicate, had recommended limiting the territorial jurisdiction of the university to the municipal limits of Mohali.