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Amid the ongoing students' protestation implicit the contented of Senate polls, the Panjab University authorities person postponed each examinations scheduled to beryllium held from November 18 to 20.
In a connection issued connected Saturday (November 15, 2025), Punjab University (PU) Controller of Examinations, Jagat Bhushan, said the revised dates for the examinations volition beryllium communicated successful owed course.
Students person been advised to regularly cheque the University's authoritative channels for further updates.
The University's determination came aft the protesting students announced that they would boycott the exams until the docket for the Senate polls, which person not been held successful implicit a year, is announced. They besides threatened not to fto the exam instrumentality spot if their request was not met.
On November 12, representatives of the protesting students held a gathering with the University Vice-Chancellor (VC).
They claimed that the VC assured them that the Senate canvass schedule, which has been sent for support to the chancellor, would soon beryllium approved.
Panjab University Campus Students Council (PUCSC) vice president Ashmeet Singh earlier said the protestation would proceed until their main request of the Senate predetermination docket announcement was met.
The students are holding the protestation adjacent the VC bureau nether the banner of 'Panjab University Bachao Morcha'. Initially, they launched the protestation against the Centre's determination to restructure the University's governing bodies — Senate and Syndicate.
On November 7, the Ministry of Education withdrew its October 28 notification for changing the constitution and creation of the 2 bodies, pursuing mounting unit from assorted governmental leaders and the protesting students.
Despite this, the students refused to extremity their agitation and called for a "University shutdown" connected Monday (November 17, 2025) to property their demand.
Several governmental parties from Punjab, including the AAP, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), the Congress, and farmers' bodies, including the Samyukta Kisan Morcha, SKM (Non-Political), Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Morcha, person extended their enactment to the students' agitation.
SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal connected Saturday (November 16) met the protesting students and urged each governmental parties and societal organisations to enactment speech their differences and unite successful enactment of the University issue.
After gathering the students, the erstwhile Deputy Chief Minister emphasised the value of sending a beardown connection that Punjabis volition not let the University to beryllium "taken away" from Punjab.
PU is simply a awesome of the State, and this contented is profoundly affectional for the people, said Mr. Badal, who studied for 4 years astatine the University. He called for a agreed beforehand to reason immoderate moves to Centralise the University.
Mr. Badal claimed that this is the archetypal effort to prehend a prestigious instauration successful Punjab, informing that further actions whitethorn travel to change the quality of Chandigarh. He besides announced that a SAD-led delegation would soon conscionable the vice president of India to question his involution successful this matter.
