‘New Form of Censorship and Harassment,’ Says Ashoka University’s Associate Professor in Response to Women Commission Summons
16 May 2025 | The Hindu
In a public statement in response to the summons by the Haryana State Commission for Women against his comments on Operation Sindoor, Ashoka University’s Associate Professor (Political Science) Ali Khan Mahmudabad has said that “this is a new form of censorship and harassment, which invents issues where there are none”, adding that his posts were “misread” and “misunderstood”.
In the statement posted on social media platforms, Mr. Khan said he had “exercised his fundamental right to freedom of thought and speech in order to promote peace and harmony and applaud the Indian armed forces for their resolute action”, adding that the “women’s commission, while overreaching its jurisdiction, had misread and misunderstood my posts to such an extent that they have inverted their meaning”…