Chandigarh, Nov. 27 -- The PU Bachao Morcha on Wednesday announced that it will gherao BJP offices in Chandigarh and across Punjab on December 3, if the ongoing stalemate over the Panjab University senate election schedule is not resolved by the December 2 deadline.

The announcement came on a day when police personnel visibly outnumbered protesters on campus.

"Even though the protesters withdrew the bandh call for today, there was no guarantee that people wouldn't show up," said PU chief security officer Vikram Singh, as Chandigarh Police maintained a tight vigil around the Student Centre, Administrative Block, and Gate numbers 1 and 2.

The only active protest site on Wednesday was a small sit-in outside vice-chancellor Renu Vig's offi...