PU AFFILIATION DEMAND TERRIBLE

The suggestion by Haryana politicians to affiliate some colleges from the state with Panjab University, Chandigarh, is highly deplorable. There are already several unresolved interstate issues between Punjab and Haryana. This will only complicate their already strained relation further. I don’t think there is any financial crunch since the university has held five senate meetings since September involving enormous expenditure. Theuniversity needs to cut downon such expenditures to improve its financial health. Akhtar Mahmood,

Chandigarh new investor has turned up to India, the border dispute with China remains as bitter and employment graph has gone down. Also, the prices of essential commodities are skyrocketing, The Goods and Service Tax (GST) and demonetisation proved to be disaster for the common man, government-sponsored saving schemes are being changed every month making them less attractive and the middle-class is bearing the brunt of non-performing assets (NPAS).

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Lal Singh