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XChandigarh: Panjab University students on Monday held a massive protest on the campus here demanding the announcement of Senate polls, with some breaking through barricades, and jostling with security personnel, who resorted to lathicharge to restore order.

The students’ call for the protest became a rallying point for Punjab’s political parties, and farmers’ bodies, who accused the Centre of trying to “capture” the educational institution.

The PU was turned into a fortress as heavy deployment of police was made on and around the varsity campus. The university’s entry points were barricaded and checkpoints were set up on roads leading to the building in the wake of a protest call.

Police refused students entry through Gate number-1 of the university on Monday morning, forcing m

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