CHANDIGARH: After 25 days of the 24×7 protest outside the VC office, Panjab University administration announced that senate elections would be held on September 26. However, the protesters’ demand of campus reopening is pending.
Delhi government has written a letter to the deputy director, higher education, director of education and registrar of Delhi University to coordinate with Panjab University in this regard. However, approval from the Uttarakhand government is still awaited. The education department of Uttarakhand has sent a letter to the home department in this regard.
Expressing happiness over the announcement, Amandeep, convener, PSU (Lalkaar), said, “Our struggle of almost a month and our patience has borne fruit. Students as well as PU alumni stood united to save the university and to bring a sense of order in it's function."
On campus reopening, he said that student organisations would convene a meeting with other protesters and chalk out a plan of action. Registrar Vikram Nayar has assured students of forming a committee and chalking out a plan to reopen the university in phases.
The indefinite protest was started at the VC office by senate candidate Ravinder Singh Dhaliwal, who was supported by PSU (Lalkaar). Later, other student organisations including ASA, SOPU, Y4S, SFS, NSUI, SOI and Sath joined the strike at the Administration Block. Billa Dhaliwal expressed gratitude for all students, people, artists, farmer leaders and various sections of society for their support.
Students and graduate constituency candidate said they were ending the protest with immediate effect.
