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Jamia walls scrawled with ‘Free Kashmir’, ‘RSS Go Back’ as hunger strike enters third day
Jamia walls scrawled with ‘Free Kashmir’, ‘RSS Go Back’ as hunger strike enters third day
The Story in Brief
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: 2 sources, 2 neutral
Sources (2): tv9hindi.com (neutral report), aajtak.in (neutral report)
This brief was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above, so one read covers every framing they carry. Methodology and corrections.
