The hunger strike of students in Jamia continues for the third day over their demand for student union elections. Meanwhile, the case of writing controversial slogans like RSS Go Back, Free Kashmir, Free Sharjeel Imam and VC Go Back on the walls of the university has come to light. The information about who wrote these slogans and who is behind them is not yet known. No official statement has yet been issued by the administration.

Hunger strike over student union election demand

The main demand of the students, who are on hunger strike for the last three days, is to hold student union elections. Apart from this, students are also protesting against the vice chancellor. A seven-member committee was constituted by the administration on October 18 to resolve the issues of the students.

Discussion between administration and student representatives

The committee started talking to the students on October 19 and called the representatives to the office of the Dean of Social Sciences. The discussion points at the nearly two-hour meeting held on October 20 were put into written form, but the student representatives did not sign that document.

A committee will be formed to prepare the Constitution of the Student Union.

Mazhar Asif chaired by Vice Chancellor Prof. on 21 October. In this meeting, it was decided to form a committee to prepare the constitution of Jamia Millia Islamia Students Union (JMISU). Section 23(J) and (K) of the Jamia Act, 1988 is made the basis for this procedure.

On the other hand, keeping in mind the health concerns of the students who are on hunger strike, the university administration has asked Chief Medical Officer Dr. A medical team has also been deployed under the leadership of Irshad Hussain Naqvi. All eyes are now on whether the talks between the administration and the students can lead to student union elections or not.