New Delhi, Aug. 22 -- Founder-Chancellor of Lovely Professional University (LPU), Ashok Kumar Mittal, has issued a statement warning the United States to revoke the 50 per cent tariff hike on Indian goods by August 27, failing which, all American soft drink and beverage companies would be banned from the LPU campus.

The statement, issued on the occasion of India's 79th Independence Day, noted that the university, one of India's largest private institutions catering to over 40,000 students, would take this step as a mark of protest.

The development follows an open letter written by Mittal to US President Donald Trump on August 7, in which he termed the tariff hike as "unfair" and urged the United States to return to the path of dialogue....