Chandigarh, Nov. 21 -- In a fresh escalation, the Panjab University Bachao Morcha on Thursday announced a complete shutdown of the varsity on November 26 and further threatened to gherao the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) offices in Chandigarh and Punjab, if the senate election schedule is not announced by November 25.

This comes even as Panjab University (PU) has categorically told students that the varsity will be forced to explore legal options if the protest on campus continues or escalates in any way.

Representatives of major kisan unions, including BKU (Ekta-Ugrahan), BKU Krantikari, Sanyukt Kisan Morcha, Sanyukt Kisan Morcha (non-political), BKU (Siddhupur), BKU (Dakaunda) and BKU (Krantikari), and some civil society groups partici...