Amid protests by students demanding the announcement of long-pending Senate elections, a plea was filed today before the Punjab and Haryana High Court seeking directions to Panjab University and other respondents to forthwith declare or notify the poll schedule for “various constituencies of the Senate”.

The application stated that vested interests opposed to facing the electoral process had influenced the authorities to derail and mislead the system into dismantling the university’s democratic and heritage fabric for their own motives. It said the very foundation of representative participation in the Senate and the principle of democratic decision-making by majority were sought to be undermined. It added that “the term of the newly elected Senate was to commence from November 1, 2024”.

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