Chandigarh, Nov. 3 -- Tensions flared at Panjab University in Chandigarh after midnight when police attempted to remove a student leader on an indefinite hunger strike, prompting protests and political backlash. Additional police personnel were deployed across the campus on Monday morning to prevent further unrest.
The confrontation occurred amid widespread outrage over the union Government's October 28 notification dissolving the 59-year-old Senate and Syndicate of the university, effective November 5.
The decision to replace the university's elected bodies with nominated ones has drawn widespread condemnation from the students, faculty and political leaders from Congress, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), who accused ...