Late at night, Vice-Chancellor Prof. Mazhar Asif and Registrar Prof. Mahtab Alam Rizvi reached the hunger-striking students and informed them that all their demands had been accepted.
According to an order issued by the Registrar’s Office, the process of approving and implementing the Jamia Millia Islamia Students’ Union Constitution will be completed by May 15, 2027.
Following the approval of the constitution, the university will issue a notification for conducting students’ union elections in accordance with the recommendations and guidelines of the Lyngdoh Committee. The notification date will comply with the timelines prescribed under the committee’s guidelines.
The students’ union elections will be held within six weeks of the commencement of the next academic session, with the election process scheduled around July 16, 2027.
The university has also agreed to withdraw all show-cause notices, disciplinary proceedings, expulsion and suspension orders, as well as restrictions on campus entry issued in connection with participation in the protests.
The students called off their agitation after Registrar Prof. Mohammad Mahtab Alam Rizvi handed over a copy of the official order confirming the administration’s decisions.
The breakthrough came after several rounds of negotiations between student representatives and university officials. Following their hunger strike and indefinite sit-in, students said they had succeeded in securing their primary demand: a fixed timeline for the restoration of the students’ union.
The student delegation involved in the negotiations included Mohiuddin, representing NSUI's Ebin Basil; Farhan Israel, representing Rehan Khan; Lubaib; Uttara; Neville Thomas; Sahad; and Habiba.
According to the students, the deadlock was resolved after three days of prolonged discussions, with intervention from Kerala MP Haris Beeran. He discussed the students’ demands with the Vice-Chancellor before arriving with the Registrar and announcing that all the students’ key demands had been accepted.
Students pointed out that the university had remained without a students’ union for the past 20 years. Despite the 18-day-long struggle, the deteriorating health of hunger strikers and rising tensions across the campus, they said the outcome marked a complete victory for their movement.
With the administration committing to a deadline for constitutional approval and elections, the agreement marks a significant development in the long-running demand for the restoration of democratic student representation at Jamia Millia Islamia.
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