Jamia to hold student union election by August 2027, urges protesting students to call off hunger strike

The brief

After weeks of deadlock over the restoration of student elections, the Jamia Millia Islamia University on Thursday agreed to hold Students' Union elections by the last week of August 2027, after sustained protests and hunger strikes on campus. Issuing an official communication, the university administration ordered the completion of the drafting, approval and implementation of the Jamia Millia Islamia Students' Union…