Chandigarh, Nov. 11 -- Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and finance minister Harpal Singh Cheema on Monday condemned the alleged lathicharge on students at Panjab University in Chandigarh, blaming the BJP-led central government. Addressing a press conference here, Cheema challenged the BJP state leaders to demonstrate their commitment by visiting PU and apologising to students. "The BJP is repeatedly conspiring to disrupt the state's atmosphere," he added. Cheema, while reiterating the AAP's support for the PU students, slammed the police action on students. Minister Harbhajan Singh ETO also lashed out at the Centre for not announcing the date for senate elections. He added that the protest against the central government will continue till the dates for senate elections are announced. Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring and leader of opposition Partap Singh Bajwa also slammed alleged police action. In a statement, Warring said that the central government, the Chandigarh administration, and the PU administration do not seem to understand the sensitivity of the situation. "People of Punjab have strong sentiments attached to the Panjab University," he added. Bajwa said that the attempt to "crush dissent is undemocratic and exposes the BJP's fear." "The BJP has made repeated attempts to dissolve and restructure the university's senate and syndicate. Each time, it was the united resistance of students, opposition parties, farm unions, and civil society that forced the Centre to retreat. By manipulating the senate election process, they are striking again at the heart of democracy," he said....