Overview
- The Centre’s November 4 order put its October 28 restructuring on hold, a plan that had dissolved the elected Senate and Syndicate, cut the Senate to 31, ended Syndicate elections, and removed the graduate constituency.
- An AAP delegation led by finance minister Harpal Singh Cheema met Governor Gulab Chand Kataria to seek permanent withdrawal, arguing the move would affect about 200 affiliated colleges.
- Student protests continued at the vice-chancellor’s office with farm unions joining and MPs Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer and Malvinder Kang offering support, as a memorandum urged retention of the previous Senate structure.
- Chandigarh MP Manish Tewari met Vice-President C. P. Radhakrishnan, the university chancellor, to push for complete rollback, and Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann indicated legal options are on the table.
- The Punjab BJP welcomed the halt and accused the state government of underfunding PU, citing Rs 3,229 crore from the Centre since 2014 versus Rs 538 crore from Punjab with Rs 250 crore pending, while ABVP kept away from street protests and pursued dialogue with authorities.