CPI(M) MP John Brittas urged President Draupadi Murmu to intervene after Jawaharlal Nehru University students entered the 17th day of an indefinite hunger strike that began October 3. Protesters demand revocation of rustication orders, withdrawal of objectionable CPO Manual provisions, campus repairs, GSCASH reinstatement, inquiry into alleged recruitment fraud, and reconstitution of the Equal Opportunity Cell.