India, April 19 -- The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students union election committee (EC), formed ahead of the student elections, released a notification on Friday saying that the student election process has been put on hold till further notice in light of alleged violence against EC members by members of several student organisations.

The election process this year has been hitting bumps from the very beginning. The final list of candidates, which was scheduled to be displayed on Wednesday, was postponed to Thursday. But violence on campus regarding the extension of nomination withdrawal window further delayed the process and the list was not released by Friday.

The notification released by EC, as seen by HT, said, "This is to i...