Overview
- Vice-Chancellor Jaishankar Singh said the council approved renaming the university to National Law University and forwarded the proposal to the executive council.
- Officials indicated the next step after executive clearance would be referral to the Punjab Higher Education Department and the state government.
- University sources said a formal change would require amending the Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab Act, 2006.
- Patiala Congress MP Dharamvira Gandhi condemned the move as an election-timed ploy and accused the BJP-RSS of trying to recast institutions linked to the Congress legacy.
- Punjab Health Minister Balbir Singh said he was not yet briefed on the matter, and an earlier call by the Akal Takht’s acting Jathedar had pressed for a rename citing 1984-related grievances.