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British-based academic Nitasha Kaul's OCI card has been cancelled a year after she was denied entry into India. The government document shared by Kaul stated that it was cancelled as she had indulged in "anti-India activities", driven by "malice and complete disregard for facts or history."
British-based academic Nitasha Kaul's OCI card was reportedly cancelled a year after she was denied entry into India.
New Delhi,UPDATED: May 19, 2025 13:49 IST
An Indian-origin professor in UK, Nitasha Kaul, said that the Government of India had cancelled her Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) status for "indulging in anti-India activities". Kaul was deported from the Bengaluru airport last year within hours of landing there.
Kaul on May 18 shared the notice regarding the cancellation of her OCI status on social media. She attached an image of a part of the official letter from the Government of India.
"IMPORTANT NOTE - I received a cancellation of my #OCI (Overseas Citizenship of #India) today after arriving home. A bad faith, vindictive, cruel example of #TNR (transnational repression) punishing me for scholarly work on anti-minority & anti-democratic policies of #Modi rule," Kaul wrote on X.
The part of the notice shared by Kaul read, "...and whereas it has been brought to the notice of the Government of India that you have been indulging in anti-India activities, motivated by malice and complete disregard for facts or history."
The notice added, "Through your numerous inimical writings, speeches and journalistic activities at various international forums and on social media platforms, you regularly target India and its institutions on the matters of India’s sovereignty."
Nitasha Kaul is a faculty member in the Department of Politics and Relations at the University of Westminster. Kaul graduated from Delhi University's Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC), and did her master's and PhD from the UK's Hull University.
Published By:
Priyanjali Narayan
Published On:
May 19, 2025
