New Delhi, Oct. 26 -- Jamia Millia Islamia on Monday announced that student union elections would be held after nearly two decades, following days of protests and a hunger strike by students demanding the restoration of an elected students' body on the campus.

In an order dated October 26, the university administration said the elections would be held 15 days after the approval of the constitution of the Jamia Millia Islamia Students' Union. However, the announcement failed to end the agitation, with protesting students alleging that the order did not provide a definite timeline for the approval of the constitution or the conduct of elections.

The students' union was dissolved by the university administration in 2006, and the announceme...