The way has been cleared for the student union elections in Jamia Millia Islamia. Amidst the hunger strike of the students, the Jamia administration has announced the holding of student union elections. Student union elections will be held within 15 days of the constitution of the student union. In this way, students’ union elections will be held in Jamia after 20 years. However, a group of protesting students are still adamant on their demand to fix a time frame for holding elections. For example, the fighting in Jamia continues even after the announcement of elections. Meanwhile, people want to know why the student union was dissolved in 2006 and who were the last and other officers of the student union.
Let’s talk about this in detail. Know the history of Jamia Students Union elections and the story of its dissolution. Know who was the last president and other officers of Jamia Students Union.
In 1981, Zubair Khan became the first president in the first student union election.
Jamia Millia Islamia was founded in 1920 in Aligarh, which was shifted to Karol Bagh in 1925. A new campus of Jamia was therefore established in 1935-36 at Okhla (the present campus), which has been run from there ever since. Jamia was recognized as a Central University in 1988. The first student union election at Jamia was held in 1981, with Zubair Khan elected as president, Rizwan Ali Khan as vice president, Aftab Ahmed as general secretary and Jalaluddin as joint secretary.
Student union elections took place only after 12 years, ban was imposed in 1996
The road to student union elections in Jamia has always been difficult. The first student union election in Jamia was held in 1981, which lasted only for 12 years till 1996. Although the Jamia Vidyarthi Sangh elections were not held in 1990, Jamia Vidyarthi Sangh elections were banned in 1996. According to the information, the officials of the student union started interfering in the examination of admission of students, allotment of hostel seats in the university. Due to which administrative functioning was affected, due to which student union elections were banned.
9 years later the union was dissolved in 2005, a year before the student union elections
In 1996, for the first time, Jamia Millia Islamia banned student union elections. After this, there were several demands to restore student union elections. In view of this, in 2005, students’ union elections were held in Jamia after 9 years. A new student union was elected in July 2005, but the student union was dissolved on 31 March 2006. Along with this, student union elections were banned.
Why was the student union dissolved, why was the election banned?
The student union was dissolved in 2006 following violent incidents. According to information, the Jamia administration dissolved the student union citing incidents of violence on campus and disruption of students’ studies. According to media reports, the university remained closed for two days before the dissolution of the student union. In a reply in Rajya Sabha in May 2012, the university said that the student union was dissolved following the violent incidents. The last incident was the attack on the Vice Chancellor.
The Student Union was not re-established after this. Elections were banned. However, several demands were made by the students to hold elections. The matter also reached the court, but no decision was taken regarding holding student union elections. In 2017, it was proposed to replace student union elections in Jamia with subject union elections. Following this proposal, subject representatives have been elected so far.
Who was the last president and other officers of Jamia Vidyarthi Sangh?
The last election of Jamia Millia Islamia Students Union was held in 2005, which was dissolved in 2006. Shams Parvez was elected to the post of president in the student union elections held in 2025. According to available information, he is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography at Araria College under Purnia University, Bihar.
According to information, in the last student union election held in 2005, Mohammad Faheem Haider Khan was elected as the vice president. Farhat Ali was elected to the post of General Secretary and Jile Subhani to the post of Joint Secretary. Information about what these officials are doing now is not available.
