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Chandigarh, Oct 26 (PTI) Punjab AAP MP Malvinder Singh Kang on Sunday alleged that the Panjab University administration refused permission for a seminar on the 350th martyrdom anniversary of Guru Tegh Bahadur.

Kang claimed he learnt from a students’ organisation that the Panjab University (PU) administration denied permission for the seminar scheduled for October 27 over the participation of Sikh scholar and thinker Ajmer Singh, who is being labelled as a “controversial figure".

Kang said Ajmer Singh, who has been in public life for more than three decades with no case registered against him, has delivered lectures at universities both in India and abroad.

“Barring him from speaking is a direct attack on academic freedom," Kang alleged in a statement.

“While th

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