Jamia, via AMU: The return of campus politics in two historic universities
The dust covers every bench facing the stage at Aligarh Muslim University's Students’ Union Hall. Once the hub of student union activities for almost a century, the hall fell silent in 2018 when the election was last held. Now, with elections set to be held on November 5, the grand hall has been reopened. Workers are busy restoring the chandeliers and testing the bulbs ahead of the election.
Meanwhile, at Jamia Millia Islamia in Delhi, jubilation erupted after a 19-day student-led agitation forced the administration to agree to hold elections for the first time since 2005. The universities, both historic and tied to the freedom movement, had made the same demand: the revival of elected student representation.
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