Assistant professor Sabyasachi Das and professor Pulapre Balakrishnan have resigned from Ashoka University amidst a controversy over Das's research paper on the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. Das's colleagues have threatened to resign if he is not reinstated, and the English and Creative Writing departments have expressed their support. Das's paper argued that the BJP won a disproportionate share of closely contested seats, but Mudit Kapoor, an associate professor of economics, criticized the statistical findings and the lack of peer review. Critics argue that Das should have expected public scrutiny and should have been prepared for questions before resigning.

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