The Indian government has revoked the Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) status of London-based academic Professor Nitasha Kaul, allegedly over her criticism of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s policies. Prof. Kaul, a British citizen of Indian origin and a Kashmiri Pandit, is a professor at the University of Westminster, according to Indian media reports. Kaul said that she has received a cancellation of her Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) card. She called it a “bad faith, vindictive, cruel example of transnational repression” aimed at punishing her for academic work critical of anti-minority and anti-democratic policies under Modi’s government.
