New Delhi, Oct. 24 -- Jamia Millia Islamia Registrar Md. Mahtab Alam Rizvi on Saturday said the university would announce students' union elections as soon as the draft constitution was submitted, following his meeting with protesting students as their hunger strike entered its 13th day.

The students have been demanding the restoration of the Jamia Millia Islamia Students' Union (JMISU), revocation of disciplinary action against students and removal of the university's Chief Proctor over what they have described as a crackdown on protesters.

Speaking to reporters, Jamia Registrar Rizvi said he personally met the students who were staging a hunger strike and discussed their demand for holding students' union elections.

"Regarding their ...