India, March 12 -- A few students and faculty members of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) have raised concerns over a recent referendum conducted by the JNUSU, which asked students to vote on whether the university's vice chancellor should be removed following her alleged casteist remarks.

A statement, jointly released by independent students and faculty members on Wednesday, also questioned the referendum's legitimacy. This came a day after the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union (JNUSU) called upon university students to vote in a referendum, after which the students' mandate on whether they want Vice Chancellor Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit to resign would be released.

A faculty member, Christhu Doss from the Centre for Histor...