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After the protesting students pressing for announcement of Senate polls gave a telephone for a implicit shutdown of Panjab University connected November 26, the varsity authorities person declared a vacation connected Wednesday (November 26, 2025).
The authorities person announced the closure of each teaching, non-teaching and bureau activities connected the field connected Wednesday (November 26, 2025).
Also, the examinations scheduled connected the Panjab University (PU) field for Wednesday person been postponed.
"This is for the accusation of the nationalist successful wide and the students successful peculiar that the exams connected November 26, 2025, successful introspection centres CHD40, CHD41, CHD43 and CHD44 situated connected PU campus, Sector 14, and shifted to DAV College, Sector 10, Chandigarh, basal postponed. The caller dates for the behaviour of these exams volition beryllium notified later," a PU connection said.
Earlier, the varsity authorities had said that November 26 would stay a moving day, and each teachers and section heads indispensable stay contiguous successful their respective departments from 9 americium to 5 pm.
On Monday, PU Vice-Chancellor Renu Vig urged the module members to counsel the students who whitethorn effort to disrupt examinations, stating that portion the protesters person a antiauthoritarian close to explicit dissent, students who privation to look for examinations person an adjacent close to bash truthful without obstruction.
PU students, nether the banner of Panjab University Bachao Morcha, person called for a implicit shutdown of the varsity connected Wednesday to property for a docket for Senate polls.
They person warned to unopen Gate No. 1 and 2.
On November 10, the students held a monolithic protestation that saw agitators storming the varsity's introduction gates and jostling with information personnel.
The archetypal signifier of the protestation was launched against the Centre's determination to restructure Panjab University's governing bodies -- Senate and Syndicate.
However, the Ministry of Education connected November 7 withdrew its October 28 notification for changing the constitution and creation of the Panjab University Senate and Syndicate, pursuing mounting unit from assorted governmental leaders and students.
The students, however, refused to extremity their agitation, pressing for the announcement of a docket for the Senate elections, which person not taken spot for much than a year.
Representatives of Panjab University students had earlier met the vice-chancellor, who had said the Senate canvass docket had been sent for support to the chancellor, who is the country's vice-president.
However, the protesting students maintained that until their main request — the Senate canvass docket — is not announced, their protestation would continue.
Several governmental parties from Punjab, including the Aam Aadmi Party, Shiromani Akali Dal, Congress and farmers' bodies specified arsenic Samyukta Kisan Morcha, SKM (Non-Political), and Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Morcha had extended their enactment to the students' agitation.
