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New UGC rules row: Bharat Bandh on February 1? All you need to know
Updated On: 30 January, 2026 02:34 PM IST | | mid-day online correspondent
In Lucknow, students under the banner of Chhatra Panchayat assembled at the Gandhi statue in Hazratganj, raising slogans such as “UGC Roll Back” and accusing the new regulations of being discriminatory
Delhi University students protest the UGC Act at the Arts Faculty in New Delhi on Wednesday. Pic/ PTI
Protests seeking an immediate rollback of the University Grants Commission’s (UGC) Regulations 2026 entered their third consecutive day on Thursday, spreading across Uttar Pradesh and several other states, with student bodies, social organisations and even members of the ruling party joining the agitation.
Protesters have also announced a Bharat bandh on February 1.
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