The students of Calcutta Medical College and Hospital protesting in support of their demand for holding the student council elections continued their hunger strike for the third consecutive day on Sunday.

They are adamant that the student council elections be held on December 22 as was scheduled. State Health Secretary Narayan Swaroop Nigam will be holding a meeting with the protesting students at Swasthya Bhawan on Tuesday to resolve the issue. He has met the students once but could not break the deadlock.S logans were raised when the Health Secretary visited the medical college on Saturday. Earlier, the protesters had gheraoed college principal Anjan Adhikari and senior faculty members for nearly 30 hours.

The students are not willing to withdraw their hunger strike till an election date is announced.