25/10/2025
Panjab University, Chandigarh is locked in a dispute with the student group SATH over a seminar to mark the 350th Martyrdom Anniversary of Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji.
As per SATH Party PUCSC Vice President Ashmeet Singh, The administration has denied the permission citing the keynote speaker Sikh Historian Ajmer Singh as controversial. Ajmer, born in Bathinda’s Mandi Kalan fled to Delhi after 1984, later publishing a newspaper and writing four books on Punjab’s turmoil. He will be accompanied by Amarjit Singh Khalra, brother of Jaswant Singh Khalra.
Student leader Ashmeet Singh alleges the administration is deliberately blocking the event, while the Dean Student Welfare insists that they only asked for proper documentation and venue clarity. They stated that the organization body requested the Golden Jubilee Hall, not an auditorium. They even asked the SATH party to show the correlation between the event and the guests.
In response to the official statemen, SATH vowed to hold the seminar on upcoming Monday, thus raising the risk of a clash and possible police deployment.
Report by Ishneet Kaur
Graphics by Pardeep
[ Sath, Punjab, Punjabiyat, Shri Guru Teg Bahadur ji, Sath party]
