New Delhi: Jamia Millia Islamia students took out a victory march Friday, a day after the university issued an order announcing the restoration of the students’ union and setting a timeline for its elections.
- The university organised a thanksgiving programme on the lawns of Ansari Auditorium, which, it said, was attended by more than 2,000 teaching and non-teaching staff members.
Calling it a historic moment, students said that two decades after the union became defunct, they had occupied their rightful place in its formal office. Democracy has returned to Jamia,” a statement on behalf of students said, describing the development as the return of student representation and democratic participation. The march, called by a coalition of student organisations, including AIDSO, AIRSO, AISA, DISHA, DISS C, Fraternity Movement, GIO, MSF, SFI, SIO and United Students of Jamia Millia Islamia, began from the student union office and proceeded towards Gulistan-e-Ghalib near gate no. “The union is back. The students are back. The staff described the resolution as a victory for Jamia’s democratic traditions and institutional values on its 106th foundation day. The university claimed the staff also unanimously demanded strict action against people or groups responsible for writing anti-national graffiti and slogans on campus walls and vandalising infrastructure.