Archive · 27 Jan 2026
MANUU Students Protest for Union Elections
Students at Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU) in Hyderabad started a protest on Tuesday.
They want the university to hold elections for a students' union, which has been delayed for a long time.
The students say they have been asking the university for this for over a year, but nothing has happened.
They feel it's unfair that elections were held for teachers and staff, but not for students.
Some students say the university is trying to scare them with threats of police action.
The university says it won't talk to the students until they stop the protest.
The students say they will keep protesting until the university agrees to hold the elections.
Students of MANUU began an indefinite strike on Tuesday demanding immediate conduct of students' union elections.
The protest follows repeated representations to the administration over the past year that yielded no response.
Students argue that while elections were held for teachers' and staff associations, they continue to be denied an elected body to represent their concerns.
Student leaders criticized the administration for intimidation tactics, including late-night notices warning of police cases against protesters.
The dean of students' welfare stated that no dialogue would be allowed until the strike is called off, noting that permission for the protest had been denied a day earlier.
- Who
- Students of Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU)
- What
- Indefinite strike demanding students' union elections
- When
- Began on Tuesday
- Where
- MANUU campus, Hyderabad
- Why
- To demand immediate conduct of long-pending students' union elections and address the absence of a democratic platform for representation
- Location
- Hyderabad
- Institution
- Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU)
- Demand
- Immediate conduct of students' union elections
- Protest Duration
- Indefinite
- Administration Response
- No dialogue until strike is called off