India, July 25 -- The sudden resignation by Jagdeep Dhankhar as the Vice President of India is set to have a cascading effect beyond the power circles in Delhi. Elections to the governing senate of Panjab University (PU) in Chandigarh are now likely to be delayed further as the Vice-President is also the PU chancellor by default.

The term of the 91-member PU senate, the university's topmost decision-making body, ended on October 31 last year. Rules say elections need approval from the chancellor. But the needle on that hasn't moved, and isn't likely to at least until a new Vice President is chosen.

It's been almost nine months already that its key powers have temporarily been delegated to the vice-chancellor and other officials.

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