Chandigarh, Oct. 29 -- Student groups at Panjab University (PU) on Tuesday announced an indefinite strike beginning October 30 to demand the withdrawal of the university's "anti-protest affidavit". The sit-in will be held outside the vice-chancellor's office. The affidavit, introduced in June 2025, requires students to declare that they will not participate in protests or demonstrations on campus.

Student leaders have condemned it as an attack on their democratic right to dissent. The issue is currently pending before the Punjab and Haryana high court, with the next hearing scheduled for November 11.

"Our symbolic protests didn't work; the authorities didn't pay attention to any of them," said Archit Garg, former vice-president of the P...