‘Casteist’ Remarks Made at Podcast Interview: Ex-JNUSU President, Founder of Forum on Ambedkar Move NCSC against JNU VC
Vidheesha Kuntamalla and Vikas Pathak | 25 February 2026 | The Indian Express
Following protests that erupted late Sunday and continued through Monday at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) campus, at least two complaints have been filed with the National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) against Vice-Chancellor Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit over alleged casteist remarks she made in a recent podcast interview, The Indian Express has learnt.
One of the complainants is Dhananjay, a former president of the JNU Students’ Union (JNUSU) and the first Dalit student to be elected to the post in nearly two decades in 2024. The second complaint was filed by Suraj Kumar Baudh, founder of Mission Ambedkar, a forum working on spreading B R Ambedkar’s teachings…