Jamia shifts classes online on day 13 of student union protest

Jamia Millia Islamia shifted all classes online on Saturday, the 13th day of protests demanding student union elections, last held in 2006.

• 1Jamia Millia Islamia shifted all classes online until further notice, citing the safety and security of students.
• 2Five students began a hunger strike on October 12 demanding union elections; the university has not held them since 2006.
• 3On October 16, the university rusticated one striking student, suspended two, and banned all three from campus for a year.
• 4Student organisations alleged more than 100 security guards manhandled hunger strikers on October 17.
• 5The registrar said elections will follow once a committee drafts the union constitution; students called the December 20 timeline a delaying tactic.