Slamming the Narendra Modi-led BJP Government at the Centre on the issue pertaining to the centralization of Panjab University (PU), Chandigarh, Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) chief spokesperson Malvinder Singh Kang on Sunday said that the varsity is the heritage of Punjab and the Bhagwant Mann government will not let this heritage to be usurped at any cost.

Kang accused the Modi Government of expropriating Punjab's resources and heritage. “AAP will fight from the streets to the Parliament against the Modi government's decision to take over Punjab's heritage educational institutions,” said Kang.

He said that Panjab University (PU) is a constitutional, emotional, and historical right of the state of Punjab. “This is our glorious and magnificent heritage. PU has achieved remarkable achievements in the fields of research, sports, education, and politics. AAP will not compromise on the protection of Punjab's heritage and rights,” asserted Kang.

AAP leader further said that Panjab University is the heritage of a united and great Punjab and the institution has earned a leading-edge reputation. “Preserving this heritage of Punjab after the partition of the country, it was first established in Shimla and then in Punjab’s capital, Chandigarh. Therefore, Punjab has the sole and exclusive right on Panjab University and no Central Government can take away this heritage from Punjab,” added Kang.

Further accusing the ruling BJP along with the Congress and Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal) of robbing Punjab of its rights and destroying its heritage, Kang said: “These parties, which ruled Punjab for a long time, have ruined all the great universities of the state.”

“Modi Government now wants to take over the deliberately economically-weakened Panjab University under a conspiracy so that the uniqueness of Punjab and the spirit of ‘Charhdi Kala’ can be eradicated,” he alleged.