Winter session of Punjab Assembly from November 28
A two-day winter session of Punjab Assembly will commence on 28 November. A decision to this effect was taken by the Punjab Cabinet led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Monday.
The Punjab Assembly on Thursday passed a resolution opposing the Union government’s move to change the status of Punjab University into a Central University.
The Punjab Assembly on Thursday passed a resolution opposing the Union government’s move to change the status of Punjab University into a Central University.
“Panjab University is our heritage and it is a matter of identity for us, Punjabis. Along with Panjab University, Punjab has full rights on Punjabi speaking areas and waters,” higher education minister Meet Hayer said while speaking on the resolution.
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He said an attempt was being made by some vested interests to push the matter for a change in the status of Panjab University into a Central University on one pretext or the other. Be it river waters-sharing, Punjabi-speaking areas of Chandigarh being made the state’s capital, Punjab has been a victim of infringement of state rights, he said.
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