The Jamia Millia Islamia administration’s decision to restore student union elections after nearly two decades is a resonant victory for its students. It brings to an end a bitter standoff, during which repressive disciplinary action and restrictions on essential services illustrated and deepened a breakdown of trust. That it should have taken an 18-day hunger strike by students to arrive at a resolution is a travesty.

Spectres of vicious politicisation have been invoked to justify the suspension of student elections across universities in the country. The Lyngdoh Committee,........

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