British academic Nitasha Kaul said the Indian government has canceled her registration for Overseas Citizens of India (OCI). File | Picture source: Special arrangement
British academic Nitasha Kaul said on Monday (May 19, 2025) that the Indian government has been indulging in “anti-Indian activities” through “OCIs” who are addicted to “anti-Indian activities” in “Writing, Speech and News” events on various international forums and social media platforms.
She said she will seek legal remedies and will challenge the cancellation in court.
Ms. Kaur is a professor of politics and international relations in Kashmir, UK at the University of Westminster, London. He was invited by the Karnataka government to attend an event on 25 February 2024 and was denied entry into India.
A few months after her deportation to the UK, in May 2024, she received a show reason notice on why her OCI registration should not be cancelled.
“I answered the display notification within 15 days with 20,000 word letters. The notification shown is the same as the cancel notification. Hindu.
Her goal, she said, is to intimidate others like her to remain silent.
“India is not China. There is no rationalization of this kind of action. My mother is in India, I am not anti-Indian, and I have always condemned violent actions…whether it is lashkar-e-taiba. [LeT] Or Hamas. ” she said.
The notice to cancel Ms. Kaul’s OCI registration said: “The Government of India has notified you that you find that you are addicted to anti-Indian activities, which are motivated by malicious and total disregard for events or history. Through your many international forums and social media platforms on India and its regular India, your Insterity of Institions of Institions of Institions of Institions of Institions of Institions of Institions of Inters Instim of Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inters Inter
Ms. Kaur said she informed her by notification that the reply she sent last year was not satisfactory.
OCI is of Indian origin but holds a foreign passport. India does not allow dual citizenship, but rather provides certain benefits to OCI under Section 7b(i) of the Citizenship Act 1955.
As of January 31, 2022, an OCI registration card of Rs 406.8 billion has been issued.
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