Jamia Students Reject University's Union Polls Offer, Refuse To End Protest
Students at Jamia Millia Islamia have rejected the university's offer to hold union elections, citing a lack of a concrete timeline. Protests continue as students demand immediate restoration of the student union and specific deadlines for the election process.
Why it matters
The ongoing unrest highlights the tension between student bodies and university administrations regarding democratic representation on campus.
Scuffles broke out between protesting students and paramilitary personnel at Jamia Millia Islamia on Monday as the students refused to end their agitation for restoration of students' union elections despite the university issuing an order for the polls earlier in the day.Some protesters were detained and security was beefed up as police personnel did not allow the students, who raised slogans against the administration, to enter the campus as the university had shifted classes across all courses to online mode in view of the nearly two-week-long protest.The university earlier on Monday ordered that students' union elections be held within 15 days of the approval of the union's constitution.
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