Agitating students at Jamia Millia Islamia are set to boycott the university’s official 106th Foundation Day celebrations on Thursday to convene a parallel commemorative program at the campus’s Gulistan-e-Ghalib lawn, escalating their two-week agitation for the immediate restoration of student union elections with the planned announcement of a mass hunger strike. The students are expected to gather at Gate No. 7 from 11:00 a.m. to mark what they term Jamia’s founding ideals of freedom, democracy, resistance, and social justice. The student-led assembly will take place after the university administration abruptly called off all official Foundation Day functions late Wednesday night, citing security vulnerabilities and potential disruption by the protesters, sources told Times Now. According to an official itinerary released by the student organizers, the parallel event will commence with an NCC Guard of Honour and a flag-hoisting ceremony, followed by recitations, speeches, and the release of a memorandum alongside a formal "Jamia Protest Report." Agitating leaders have scheduled a press conference for 3:00 p.m. to declare a full-scale mass hunger strike. Speaking to TimesNow, university authorities defended their stance, stating they have engaged the protesters across seven separate rounds of dialogue lasting two to three hours each without reaching a resolution. Addressing growing speculation around campus residential facilities, university sources indicated that while no formal eviction notice has been issued, Jamia cannot sustain hostel services following the complete transition of academic instruction and examinations to online mode. Administrative sources reiterated that the five-member draft constitution committee constituted on October 21 requires adequate procedural time to review binding court orders, Lyngdoh Committee recommendations, and relevant university statutes before polling dates can be finalized. Emphasizing that this marks the first administration in 20 years to initiate the revival of the student body, officials projected that necessary legal documentation and paperwork would take two to three months to complete. The unrest stems from an indefinite hunger strike launched on October 12, demanding the revival of the Jamia Millia Islamia Students’ Union, which was dissolved in 2006. While the administration issued a notification on October 26 pledging to hold polls within 15 days of the constitution's ratification, student groups rejected the order as open-ended and ambiguous, refusing to relent until a binding election schedule is declared. Covers politics, governance, crime, and tech. Alumna of Lady Shri Ram College and Asian College of Journalism.