Protest at India university where no students’ union vote held for 20 years

New Delhi, India – Today is the 18th day of an indefinite hunger strike for Ebin Basil, a third-year student of law at Jamia Millia Islamia, a prominent Muslim university on the southeastern edge of the Indian capital.Basil, 23, has been fasting since October 12 for the restoration of the university’s students’ union, which has been suspended for the past 20 years.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4How protests have shaped India: From agitations against Hindi to farm lawslist 2 of 4‘We heard gunfire’: Jamia students detail police attack on campuslist 3 of 4Will India’s ‘Cockroach’ movement force Modi’s BJP to rethink its politics?list 4 of 4‘Cockroach stir stripped Modi’s carefully confected image’: Arundhati Royend of listSurrounded by dozens of friends and supporters, he remains resolute as his frail body lies on a mat inside the university’s political science department building. “Till my last breath, I will be fighting,” he told Al Jazeera.Basil is among five hunger strikers at the core of the protest, which has seen hundreds of Jamia students congregating in the grounds surrounding a statue of iconic Urdu-Persian poet Mirza Ghalib, near the university’s main entranc...