Vice President approves Panjab University senate poll schedule, students say will end stir on Nov 28

Vice President C P Radhakrishnan, who is the chancellor of the Panjab University, connected Thursday (November 27, 2025) approved the docket of its legislature election, according to a connection from the Vice President's secretariat.

According to the projected schedule, the predetermination volition beryllium conducted from September 7, 2026, to October 4, 2026.

"I americium directed to convey that Hon'ble Vice-President of India and Chancellor Panjab University has approved the docket of Senate Elections arsenic projected successful the aforementioned letter," work the connection from the VP's bureau to PU Vice Chancellor Renu Vig, who had written to the chancellor, seeking support for the legislature canvass schedule.

The improvement comes amid astir a month-long vociferous protests by students demanding the announcement of the docket for the legislature canvass that has not been held for much than a year.

Following the announcement, scenes of solemnisation were witnessed connected the PU campus.

PU students, who person been protesting and pressing for the predetermination schedule, hailed it arsenic a "victory" of their "struggle".

Vig visited the protestation tract and asked the students to extremity their onslaught arsenic their superior request had been met.

Avtar Singh of the PU Bachao Morcha, which led the protest, said the Vice Chancellor formally handed implicit the connection received from the Vice President's Secretariat.

"We volition extremity the dharna connected Friday aft holding a triumph march successful the PU," helium said.

As per the predetermination schedule, the predetermination for principals and unit volition beryllium held connected September 7, 2026; professors and subordinate professors of teaching departments connected September 14; heads and module of arts colleges connected September 20; registered postgraduate constituency connected September 20; and module elections connected October 4.

Several governmental parties from Punjab, including the Aam Aadmi Party, the Shiromani Akali Dal, and farmers' and spiritual bodies had extended their enactment to the students' agitation.

They commended the students for the "victory." Congress MLA Pargat Singh said it was a "victory for the students and the radical of Punjab".

In a station connected X, Union Minister of State for Railways, Ravneet Singh Bittu, said, "...the agelong pending substance related to Panjab University Senate elections has been approved by the Honorable Vice President of India".

"I besides guarantee the radical of Punjab that the BJP and the Central Government volition ne'er let injustice to beryllium done to Punjab. Today's measurement is impervious that the honor, rights and information of Punjab are paramount for us," Bittu said successful his post.

AAP MP Malvinder Singh Kang, portion reacting to the development, said, "Heartfelt congratulations to the resilient students, teachers, faculty, and the indomitable radical of Punjab who stood unbreakable successful the look of relentless adversity. Better precocious than ne'er — justness has yet prevailed".

"The Centre sought to trample its autonomy, but Punjab's united, uncompromising absorption has triumphed," Mr. Kang said successful a station connected X.

Punjab Congress main Amrinder Singh Raja Warring termed the improvement arsenic a "resounding triumph for the students and each Punjabi." "Your relentless conflict forced the @NarendraModi authorities to backmost down. Punjab has spoken large and clear: we volition not beryllium silenced!!," Warring said successful a station connected X.

Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal, successful his congratulatory post, said, "This triumph has been made imaginable by the spot of unity demonstrated by students done a peaceful antiauthoritarian struggle." When an full authorities rises arsenic one, nary unit connected world tin soundlessness its sovereign voice, Mr. Badal said successful a station connected X, portion adding "today, ideology stands restored connected the ineffable ungraded of Punjab".

The archetypal signifier of the protestation was launched against the Centre's determination to restructure Panjab University's governing bodies — the legislature and the syndicate.

However, the Ministry of Education, connected November 7, withdrew its October 28 notification for changing the constitution and creation of the bodies, pursuing mounting unit from assorted governmental leaders and protesting students.

The students, however, refused to extremity their agitation and said that they would bash truthful if a docket for the legislature predetermination was announced.