Farmer leaders join Panjab University fray as Gurnam Singh Charuni visits campus
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Farmer leaders join Panjab University fray as Gurnam Singh Charuni visits campus
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CHANDIGARH: Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) national president Gurnam Singh Charuni visited Panjab University Chandigarh on Saturday and expressed solidarity with students protesting against the university administration. For the last 21 days, student organisations have been staging a dharna in front of the vice-chancellor's office and PU administrative block in protest against delay in conducting the last phase of Senate elections. The PU administration has deferred polling for the graduate constituency five times in the last one and a half years. Addressing the students, Charuni said, “PU is playing with the future of thousands of students. Efforts are being made to completely destroy the democratic system in the university. Neither are students studying nor are elections of the governing body of Panjab University being conducted. We will not allow voice of students to be suppressed at any cost. The Kisan Morcha will stand by students at all times on both these issues.” Charuni was accompanied by farmer leader Surjit Singh of Bharatiya Kisan Morcha and advocate D P S Randhawa, former member of the Panjab University Senate and a contestant from the graduate constituency. Farmer leader Surjit Singh, a PU alumnus, said the Senate is the apex body which decides issues related to students’ interests. He said PU vice-chancellor Professor Rajkumar wants to abolish the Senate system and implement the agenda of BJP and RSS on campus. He also called for immediate opening of the university for students.
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The Times of India
Date
2021-09-05
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Chandigarh