Chandigarh : Student unrest at Panjab University entered its second week as students pressed ahead with a protest demanding fresh elections for the university’s highest decision-making body, even after the Ministry of Education (MoE) withdrew a controversial notification to restructure its governing bodies.

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On 28 October 2025, the ministry issued a notification that would have dramatically slimmed the size of the university’s Senate and transformed the Syndicate into a mostly nominated body, reducing elected member representation and scrapping graduate-constituency elections.

The move sparked intense opposition from student groups, teachers, political parties in Punjab and the Chandigarh Union Territory, and various farm and civil-society orga

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