Academic Nitasha Kaul on Sunday took to X claiming that she was denied entry to India primarily based on ‘orders from Delhi’, although she had all the required paperwork and was invited by the Karnataka authorities to talk at a convention. The Indian-origin UK professor mentioned she was denied entry due to her earlier criticism of the RSS. Her publish on X went viral with many right-wing accounts asserting that if she has been stopped from getting into India, it was the precise factor to do as she unfold misinformation.

“I was given no reason by immigration except ‘we cannot do anything, orders from Delhi’. My travel & logistics had been arranged by Karnataka & I had the official letter with me. I received no notice or info in advance from Delhi that I would not be allowed to enter,” Prof Kaul wrote.

“I spent 12 hours in a flight from London to Bangalore, several hours at immigration where they shuttled me here & there, provided no info on process, then 24 hours in a holding cell (no BA flight back until next day) under direct cctv w restricted movement, a narrow area to lie down and no easy access to food and water, made dozens of calls to airport for basic things as a pillow and blanket, which they refused to provide, then 12 hours on the flight back to London,” Kaul added.

The UK-based professor wrote she is just not anti-India however anti-authoritarian and pro-democracy. “Decades of my work speaks for me. The officials informally made references to my criticism of RSS, a far-right Hindu nationalist paramilitary from years ago. I have travelled to India numerous times since. I was invited by a state govt, but refused entry by the central govt,” Kaul wrote in an extended Twitter thread.

While many outstanding tutorial figures condemned the harassment that Kaul confronted, a Karnataka VHP chief Girish Bharadwaj mentioned the disgrace is on the Siddaramaiah authorities for inviting “such anti-nationals”. “Why should such parasites lecture us on Constitutional Values? @NitashaKaul you peddle bullshit against a country and expect us to give you a warm welcome?