Patna: Patna University's grievance cell probing the degree of students union vice-president Yoshita Patwardhan has issued a notice, asking why her candidature should not be cancelled.

The cell, headed by Patna University's dean students welfare N.K. Jha, has found that while submitting applications to the post of vice-president, Patna University Students' Union, Magadh Mahila College student Yoshita had concealed the information that she had failed a semester in 2016-17. The election was held in February.

According to Patna University Students' Union election guidelines, framed according to the Lyngdoh Committee recommendations, a student who has failed in any year or semester is debarred from contesting the polls.

Dean Jha said: "We have submitted the report to the vice-chancellor (Rash Bihari Prasad Singh), now she will have to appear before him, and he will take the final decision on cancellation of her candidature."

Attempts to contact Yoshita failed as her cellphone was switched off all five times The Telegraph tried to reach her.