By Shruti Bedi

“This is not about the SAD or the Congress or the AAP. This is Punjab’s fight. And if Punjab does not protect its institutions, no one else will.” Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Saturday became the latest senior politician to throw his weight behind Panjab University (PU) protesters who are continuing their weeks-long agitation over the stalled Senate elections.

Badal, who visited the university on Saturday evening, said that the protests in the campus are “a question of Punjab’s rights” and not an issue to be boxed into political camps. Speaking to students of the PU Bachao Morcha, who have been demanding that the varsity administration immediately announce the long-delayed Senate poll schedule, Badal said the matter had outgrown campus boundar

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