New Delhi Students from at least three hostels on the Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) campus said they had been asked to vacate their accommodations on Sunday as the protest for the restoration of the students’ union entered its 14th day.
A JMI spokesperson did not directly address the allegations. However, students have stuck to their demands, asking for elections to be notified and held soon. Police did not identify who the MPs were.
When we approached the warden with these concerns, we were asked to return home since classes would now be conducted online,” alleged Zahwa, 21. Over 300 female students marched from Ibn-e-sina Library to the protest site near JMI’s Gate no. 7, expressing solidarity with the hunger strikers, and demanding the restoration of the union. The protest began on October 12, when three JMI students went on a hunger strike demanding the restoration of the students’ union, dissolved in 2006. On October 21, the university set up a committee to draft the students’ union constitution.
Adding that the brief power cut was part of routine maintenance and unrelated to the ongoing protest, the spokesperson further said, “No classes are being held on campus, so why are these students here? “The internet connection in the girls’ hostel has been slow, and the electricity was briefly cut on Saturday. On Saturday, the JMI administration ordered a shift to online classes until further notice, citing student safety and security amid the ongoing campus protest. One student said women students were being urged in particular to leave after they held a large women’s only protest on Friday night. Police said they have lodged a first information report (FIR) for trespassing against two MPs who joined the protest on Friday night on a complaint by JMI.
