Chandigarh | SOI protests central status for Panjab University

The protesting students of SOI said the move will neither be beneficial for Panjab University nor for the university students

Members of the Student Organisation of India (SOI), held a protest on the Panjab University campus on Friday against the proposal to convert the varsity into a central university.

Student Organisation of India members holding a protest at the Students’ Centre at Panjab University, Chandigarh, on Friday. (Keshav Singh/HT)

The protesting students said the move will neither be beneficial for PU nor for the university students. In a statement, the students’ body said PU was the pride of its alumni and current students. “It belongs to Punjab and is not a medium for the central government to forcibly impose its decisions on the state and the university,” it said.

In May, the Punjab and Haryana high court had directed the central government to consider conversion of PU into a central university. HC had sought response from Union ministries of home affairs and education after taking a “conscious decision” by August 30.