Jamia Millia Islamia shifts classes online on 13th day of students’ protest

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Jamia Millia Islamia university on Saturday shifted all its classes online until further notice amid protests on campus demanding elections for the constitution of the students’ union, reported The Indian Express.

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The announcement came soon after students alleged that the university administration had “attacked” those who have been on a hunger strike for 13 days and tried to dismantle the protest site.

The university has not held student union elections since 2006.

Since October 12, five students have been on a hunger strike to demand the restoration of the union.

On October 16, the university rusticated one of them, suspended two and banned all three from entering the campus for a year.

In a joint statement on October 17, student organisations in the university alleged that “more than 100” security guards had entered the protest site and “manhandled” the students on hunger strike, The Indian Express reported.

Protests on the campus have grown since then, with the students demanding an official notification announcing the schedule for elections to the Jamia Millia...

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