India, Oct. 18 -- Protests demanding the restoration of the Jamia Millia Islamia Students' Union (JMISU), suspended since 2006, continued on Sunday as students re-erected a camp near Gate No. 7, where they had been agitating since October 12, before being evicted on Saturday.

Students said JMISU is needed because elected subject association representatives allegedly failed to raise students' concerns about inadequate hostel infrastructure, restricted access to sports complex facilities and the engineering department auditorium, and mandatory approval to organise group on-campus activities.

Congress-backed National Students Union of India (NSUI) national president Vinod Jhakar joined the protest on Sunday.

The protest began after three ...