India, Nov. 10 -- Tension at the Panjab University campus in Chandigarh brimmed over, leading to some clashes between protesters and the UT police at one of its main gates, after a wider participation call on Monday, November 10.

The protesters are now demanding an immediate poll schedule for the PU senate - the previous tenure of which ended last year - days after the Centre had to retract its move to largely do away with elections for the governing bodies of the public university.

Here are key points that explain the current situation, the wider protest; and how it's an issue that goes beyond the university, into Punjab's history.

Groups seeking to join the protest forced their way through PU gates on Monday morning, even when the he...