Students of Jamia Millia Islamia celebrated after the college administration set May 15, 2027, as the deadline for completing the approval and implementation of its students' union constitution, marking the restoration of the body after the elected student union was dissolved and remained defunct since 2006.
Student protestor Ebin Basil described the outcome as a great victory for the students.
"This is a great victory for the students... This will be written in
Golden words in Jamia's history and legacy," Basil told reporters. Rehan Mewati, a student who was on hunger strike for the last 15 days, stated that the Jamia administration sided with the truth.
"Truth has triumphed. This is the victory of students. I was on a hunger strike for the last 15 days. My health was deteriorating.
But Jamia administration accepted our demands and sided with truth. We were fighting for truth. Inquilab Zindabad," Mewati told Media.