Students of Panjab University tonight hailed the Union Ministry of Education’s late-evening notification withdrawing the controversial restructuring of the university’s Senate and Syndicate, calling it a “major moral victory” for Punjab. However, the protesting groups refused to lift their indefinite dharna, saying their stir will continue until the elections for the original 91-member Senate are formally announced.

The development came exactly a week after The Tribune first broke the story exposing the Centre’s October 30 notification that had overhauled PU’s governance — trimming Senate structure, slashing its strength from 91 to 31, and converting the Syndicate into a fully nominated body. The Centre’s move had triggered a statewide political storm and relentless student protests that

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