Restructuring of Panjab College’s senate-syndicate has uncovered ‘BJP’s anti-Punjab face’, says ex-Cong min

Former Well being Minister and senior Congress chief Balbir Singh Sidhu on Monday (November 3, 2025) stated that the BJP-led Central authorities’s transfer to restructure the ‘Syndicate and Senate’ of Panjab College has but once more uncovered the BJP’s “anti-Punjab face.”

Mr. Sidhu acknowledged that beneath the pretext of enhancing the functioning of Panjab College, the Central authorities has virtually eradicated the illustration of lecturers, principals, and alumni in its syndicate and senate, changing them into nominated our bodies now straight beneath its management. “This historic establishment of Punjab is now ‘Panjab College’ in identify solely, as in apply, it has been became a totally central college,” he stated in an announcement.

He alleged that the BJP authorities intends to finish or drastically cut back Punjab’s illustration in each establishment, similar to within the BBMB (Bhakra Beas Administration Board), in order that Punjab can now not affect their selections.

Hitting out on the ruling Aam Aadmi Social gathering (AAP) authorities in Punjab, Mr. Sidhu stated, “the Central authorities dared to take this step solely due to the AAP authorities’s lack of dedication in direction of Punjab and Punjabis.”