Chandigarh, Nov. 3 -- Chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Sunday hit out at the Bharatiya Janata Party-led central government for restructuring the governing bodies of Panjab University, Chandigarh, through a notification, dubbing the move "dictatorial."

Mann, whose ministerial colleagues and other party leaders had reacted sharply a day ago to the notification, said that his government would approach the courts in the matter. "We are consulting legal experts. If we have to approach the high court or Supreme Court, we will do that. We will fight this injustice," he said in a video post.

Mann said the Centre did not have power to amend the Panjab University Act, 1947, through a notification. "Any amendment in the Act must be done either by t...