New Delhi, March 11 Over 2,100 students of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) voted in favour of Vice Chancellor Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit resigning in a referendum conducted by the JNUSU, the results of which were released by the student union on Wednesday.
Addressing a press conference, the president of the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union (JNUSU), Aditi Mishra, said, "A total of 2409 students cast their votes in the referendum. 2181 students (90.54 per cent) voted against the continuation of the Vice Chancellor in JNU, as more than 90 per cent of the students who voted believe that the VC should resign, following the casteist remarks she has made."
Declaring the results of the referendum, Mishra added that 207 students (8.59 per cent) voted in favour of the VC's continuation, and 21 votes (0.87 per cent) were invalid.
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