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Students at Jamia Millia Islamia have called off their indefinite hunger strike after university authorities agreed to key demands, ending an 18-day campus agitation. The university administration confirmed that Students' Union elections will be held by the last week of August 2027, marking the resumption of student union polling after two decades. The union constitution is scheduled to be implemented by 15 May, with elections following within six weeks of the new academic session. Authorities also announced the revocation of show cause notices, disciplinary proceedings, suspensions, and campus bans related to the protests. Offline physical classes and examinations will resume following the festive break, restoring academic operations across the university campus.

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00:00More breaking news coming at this point. Jamia students have ended their hunger strike after the registrar met them and
00:07assured them that the date of the student union elections will be held soon.
00:11And the formation of the student constitution has also been assured. Jamia Millia Islamia is set to hold student elections
00:18by August last week of 2027.
00:21This is the big breaking news that we're tracking at this point. Student bodies elections will resume at Jamia Millia
00:26Islamia after two whole decades.
00:29All ongoing show course notices and disciplinary actions as well as suspensions and campus ban orders in participation in the
00:36process will also be revoked.
00:39Jamia Millia Islamia will also resume offline classes and examinations from Monday, that is November the 2nd.
00:45Remember, offline classes have been suspended at Jamia for the past few days amid the ongoing agitation.
00:51And this comes as a big breaking news at this point because this was one of the sticking points in
00:57the negotiations so far.
00:59And that has now been given by the registrar. Assurance has been given by the registrar at this point.
01:07And we also have Anmol Bali joining us on this.
01:11But before that, listen in to reactions from some of the students at Jamia was celebrating this big sort of
01:18development that they have been calling out for.
01:50We have Anmol Bali.
01:51Anmol Bali joining us on the story for more details.
01:54Anmol, this has remained a major sticking point in the settlement procedure earlier.
02:00They had been, students at Jamia had been calling for student union elections to be resumed.
02:05And this was a major demand that has now finally been met.
02:08What more can you tell us?
02:10Yeah, after 20 years, again, we will see that Jamia Melia Islamia will see student elections because this is a
02:16big win for protesting students.
02:18The university has agreed to a key demand saving the way for the student union election.
02:22The Jamia Melia Islamia Students Union Constitution to be implemented by May 15.
02:29And the elections will be held within six weeks of starting of academic session.
02:33Means by the last week of August 2027, we can see student union elections taking place in Jamia Melia Islamia
02:40University after 20 years.
02:41And all ongoing show calls notices, disciplinary actions and investigation suspension and campus ban orders related to participation in the
02:50protests are also revolved by the university administration.
02:54And we are also seeing that amid the protests, the university has shifted the physical classes to the offline mode.
03:00And now, according to a new order, the classes will resume by November 2.
03:04But keeping the Diwali holidays in mind, the university will resume now.
03:08They have classes on November 8 after the Diwali holidays.
03:12So this is a big victory for the Jamia Islamia University students because we have seen that for the last
03:2018 days, they were protesting.
03:22Two to five students were on the hunger strike.
03:24We have also seen that around five to six students were detained by the Delhi police.
03:28And now this came as a big victory for the students of the Jamia Melia Islamia University because we have
03:35seen that the deadlock has intensified between the students last week.
03:39We have also seen that the university has agreed for the election.
03:44Then we have seen that students have again resumed their protest saying that they want to date.
03:48This is a big victory for the students at this point.
03:51But where does the agitation go from here on?
03:53Does this sort of pave way for an end to the agitation at Jamia?
03:59The students are now called off their hunger strike after the registrar met them, assured them of a timeline for
04:06the student union elections.
04:08The now protest is over.
04:10They have called off their hunger strike.
04:12And now we can again see the academic work, academic activities again coming back on normalization in the campus.
04:21Absolutely.
04:21Thank you, Anmol, for those details.
04:23So this is the development coming at this point.
04:25Student union elections will be held at Jamia next year.
04:29By August of 2027, Jamia will see student union elections after two decades.
04:34And resumption of offline classes is also a big development.
04:38And that's all that's what it looks like.
04:38We are continuing to continue to divide at the new client.
04:41This was bringing them to the white nursing school.

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