Political motive behind LPU unrest? Ex-Punjab CM makes big claim

Former Punjab chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi has alleged that the protests and violence at Lovely Professional University (LPU) were politically motivated. He claimed the university came under pressure after its founder, Ashok Mittal, joined the BJP.Channi also questioned the police response to the unrest and alleged that outsiders entered the campus and took part in the violence."Outsiders went there and engaged in hooliganism. This hooliganism was sponsored by the Police themselves. LPU Founder Ashok Mittal has joined the BJP, and after that, the Aam Aadmi Party government has tried to destroy this University," Channi said.He repeated his allegation that people from outside the university later entered the campus and created trouble."After that, what happened, people from outside came and engaged in hooliganism there," he said.Channi seeks answers over students, lossesChanni also questioned reports that the university suffered financial losses of around Rs 100 crore during the unrest, while stressing…