Panjab University’s governance issue reached the national stage as Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann raised the matter at the Northern Zonal Council (NZC) meeting chaired by Union Home Minister Amit Shah. The CM accused Haryana and Himachal Pradesh of seeking “illegitimate backdoor entry” into the Senate and insisted that the PU was and would remain Punjab’s university.

Speaking to The Tribune on Tuesday, Mann said the Centre must end ambiguity after withdrawing its October 30 notification on restructuring and ensure no dilution of Punjab’s constitutional rights over the institution.

This comes even as the PU students’ indefinite dharna — started after The Tribune’s November 1 expose that also triggered a political firestorm in Punjab and Chandigarh, and forced the Centre to with

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