Punjab Students Union (PSU) gave a two-days effigy burning call on 8 and 9 October throughout Punjab against the Punjab Govt.’s attitude and against privatization, commercialization and saffronization of education and for other students’ demands pending since long. These demands include the restoration of student bus-passes in the kilometre-scheme buses, 95% grant to the aided colleges, to stop shift-system in Govt. Industrial Training Institutions (ITIs), to fill up vacant posts in educational institutions, etc.

According to the reports, the effigy burning actions were held at Nawashahar, Patiala, Punjabi University Campus at Patiala, Rajpura, Devigarh, Nabha, Pattern all in district Patiala, Sauaur, Bardwal, Malerkotla, Mastuana all in district Sangrur, Firozpur, Pojewal (Nawashahar District), Ludhiana, Mulanpur etc.

These protest actions and rallies held on thus occasions were led and addressed by PSU Provincial President Mr. Rawinder Singh, PSU General Secretary Mr. Kulwinder Singh Chahal, Provincial Committee members Mr. Birbal Bala, Mr. Gurmukh Singh Mann, Mr. Rajbir Singh, Mr. Dharminder Singh, Mr. Firoze Khan, Mr. Sashi Batsen and others.