Protest at Indian university where no students’ union vote has been held for 20 years

At Jamia Millia Islamia in New Delhi, 23-year-old law student Ebin Basil has been on hunger strike since October 12, demanding the restoration of the students’ union, suspended for 20 years. He is one of five hunger strikers at the centre of a protest drawing hundreds of students, while several others have stopped fasting over health concerns. The university suspended Basil for a year and barred two other strikers from campus; authorities later barricaded the gates, moved classes online and banned gatherings of more than four people. On Monday, the administration announced that elections would be held within 15 days of approval of [text truncated].