The mood at Jamia Millia Islamia turned celebratory on Friday as students marched through the campus in New Delhi, marking the end of an 18-day agitation after the university administration agreed to their demands for holding students’ union elections.

The victory march, held on October 30, 2026, followed an agreement reached on Thursday, October 29, when the Jamia administration agreed to set dates for drafting and approving the students’ union constitution and conducting elections.

For the protesting students, the decision marked an important breakthrough in their prolonged demand for an elected representative body on campus. What began as a protest over student representation had continued for more than two weeks, with demonstrators pressing the administration for a clear commitment to the process.

The agreement addresses two central demands: establishing a timeline for preparing and approving the union constitution and setting the process in motion for elections. Following the administration’s assurance, the protesters called off their agitation.

The celebrations on Friday reflected the significance of the development for students who had spent 18 days demanding a formal platform to represent their concerns. An elected union can provide students with an institutional channel to raise academic grievances, discuss campus issues and participate in matters affecting university life.

However, the end of the agitation is only the first step towards restoring an elected students’ union. The university will now have to follow through on its commitment, complete the constitutional process and ensure that elections take place within the agreed timeframe.

For the students who took part in the agitation, October 30 was a day to celebrate a hard-fought breakthrough. But the larger question of student representation will ultimately be settled not by the victory march, but by the university’s implementation of the agreement.

The campus celebrations may have ended the protest, but they have also placed the next responsibility firmly on the administration.