Manuu Agrees to Students’ Union Polls After 72-Hour Protest
ive student representatives, including research scholar Swaleh Ansari, were present at the meeting.
Hyderabad: After more than 72 hours of protests, the Maulana Azad National Urdu University (Manuu) administration has assured students, in writing, agreeing, in principle, to conduct student union elections. The assurance followed a meeting held on Friday between student representatives and the dean of the university’s students’ welfare office.
The document states that the university has agreed to conduct the elections on the same footing as other statutory bodies, and that it would explore all possibilities to ensure a smooth process from the 2026-27 academic session, after completion of first-semester admissions.
The minutes refer to representations submitted earlier this month by the Manuu Students’ Collective and were signed by the dean with the proctor as witness. Five student representatives, including research scholar Swaleh Ansari, were present at the meeting.
The written communication follows sustained student mobilisation over the past three days, including sit-ins, marches and cultural programmes, demanding restoration of the student union elections that have remained pending for over one-and-a-half years.
Reacting to the assurance, former presidential candidate Talha Mannan, told Deccan Chronicle, “On the basis of this written commitment, we are ending the strike with the expectation that elections will be held at the start of the next academic session.”
Students have now asked the administration to issue a formal election notification at the beginning of the 2026–27 academic year, as stated in the official record of the meeting.