Politics · India · 11 hrs ago
Jamia agrees to student demands and sets union election timeline
Jamia Millia Islamia in New Delhi agreed to key demands from protesting students on October 29, the 18th day of their agitation.
Students have been pressing for the return of an elected university-wide union, which has been inactive since 2006.
The university says the union constitution must be completed by May 15, 2027, with elections to follow within six weeks of the academic session starting on July 16.
It also agreed to revoke disciplinary action linked to the protests, including notices, suspensions and campus bans.
The protest included five students on hunger strike, while opposition to online teaching had added to tensions over classes and exams.
Offline classes are set to resume on November 2, and the union election timetable is the next major step in the university’s response.
Jamia Millia Islamia agreed to key student demands on October 29, including a timetable for a students’ union constitution and elections.
The university said the constitution should be completed by May 15, 2027, with elections within six weeks of the academic session beginning on July 16, 2027.
It also agreed to revoke disciplinary actions linked to the protests, including notices, suspensions and campus bans.
Offline classes are set to resume on November 2, after protests against online teaching and demands to restore the elected union.
The protest had entered its 18th day, with five students on hunger strike.
- Who
- Jamia Millia Islamia students and the university administration.
- What
- The university agreed to key protest demands, set deadlines for a students’ union constitution and elections, and agreed to revoke protest-related disciplinary actions.
- When
- October 29, 2026; the protest was then in its 18th day.
- Where
- Jamia Millia Islamia in New Delhi, India.
- Why
- Students were demanding restoration of an elected students’ union and a time-bound plan for elections, along with the withdrawal of disciplinary measures and a return to offline classes.
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Ebin Basil began fasting for the restoration of the students’ union.
The university suspended Basil for a year and banned two other hunger strikers from campus.
The university barricaded its entrance gates and moved classes online.
The university extended online classes until November 24.
The university agreed to key student demands and set deadlines for the union constitution and elections.
- Constitution deadline
- May 15, 2027
- Election timing
- Within six weeks of the academic session starting July 16, 2027
- Offline classes
- Set to resume November 2
- Protest duration
- 18 days as of October 29
- Hunger strikers
- Five students
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