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That students of Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi, have had to protest for over two weeks in 21st-century India to demand their fundamental freedom to form an elected students union, guaranteed under Article 19(1)(c) of the Constitution, is a damning commentary on the state of democracy in our country - especially from the perspective of youth. The administration even attempted to discredit and defame the protests by planting the narrative of “Islamist” sloganeering. But when students demanded that CCTV footage be handed over to the police for identifying the culprits, the administration backtracked. The university eventually hid behind the excuse that all three cameras near the site of sloganeering were non-functional at the time - a lame excuse that exposes their complicity. The right to form a students’ union is essential to the realisation of the slogan "Educate, Agitate, Organise" given by Baba Saheb Ambedkar. The students of Jamia, like students across the country, are entitled to this right, and we stand in solidarity with their struggle.