# Jamia walls scrawled with ‘Free Kashmir’, ‘RSS Go Back’ as hunger strike enters third day 2026-10-23T12:18:14+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets Graffiti reading ‘Free Kashmir’, ‘Free Sharjeel Imam’, ‘RSS Go Back’ and ‘VC Go Back’ appeared on the walls of Jamia Millia Islamia on 22 October, as a student hunger strike over student union elections entered its third day on 23 October. The slogans were later removed, but no official statement has been issued by the administration and no arrests have been reported. Students from the United Students of Jamia are demanding that the university hold union elections, which have not been conducted since the union was dissolved in 2006. The administration set up a seven-member committee on 18 October, and a meeting chaired by Vice-Chancellor Professor Mazhar Asif on 21 October decided to form another committee to draft a new union constitution under Section 23(J) and (K) of the Jamia Act, 1988. Student representatives refused to sign a written agreement after a two-hour meeting on 20 October. A medical team has also been deployed for hunger-striking students. The students have also demanded the removal of the chief proctor and security advisor, and the revocation of suspensions and campus entry bans imposed on some protesters. ## Indian Opinion Analysis TV9 Hindi leads with the hunger strike and the graffiti, noting the controversy but also reporting the administration's committee and medical team, giving a balanced institutional-process frame that leans toward resolution. Aaj Tak leads with the graffiti itself, ‘Free Kashmir, Free Sharjeel Imam’, and provides context on Sharjeel Imam, the CAA protests, and student suspensions, framing the protest as part of a longer political dispute. Both report the same facts without conflict. The uniform core is that no official statement has been issued on the graffiti, no arrests have been made, and the student union election remains unresolved. The next concrete step is whether the committee set up on 21 October will finalise the union constitution. ## Coverage Coverage: 2 sources, 2 neutral - tv9hindi.com (neutral report) Leads with hunger strike, frames graffiti as a controversy in the background - aajtak.in (neutral report) Leads with graffiti, provides political context on Sharjeel Imam and CAA protests This brief was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above, so one read covers every framing they carry. Tags: CAA, Jamia Millia Islamia, Mazhar Asif, RSS, Sharjeel Imam, United Students of Jamia Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/jamia-walls-scrawled-with-free-kashmir-rss-go-back-as-hunger-strike-enters-third-day/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/jamia-walls-scrawled-with-free-kashmir-rss-go-back-as-hunger-strike-enters-third-day/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/