Overview
- Student representatives met VC Renu Vig on Wednesday and pressed a charter seeking a freeze on major decisions, a review by a reconstituted Senate, withdrawal of FIRs, rollback of the vetting panel and SOPs, and reservation compliance in hiring.
- The university announced a six-member mediation committee chaired by Prof Jasbir Singh to review the demands and keep talks with the Panjab University Bachao Morcha open.
- Officials say the Senate poll schedule has been sent to the Chancellor for clearance, with student leaders quoting assurances that approval could come soon.
- Despite a registrar order restricting entry, large numbers of outsiders remain at the protest site, prompting safety complaints from students and stepped-up police vigilance on campus.
- Protest leaders warn they will enforce a shutdown and boycott examinations from November 18 if the poll schedule is not formally notified.