Former Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday accused the BJP of “weaponising” passports and imposing “illegal travel bans to harass and punish” its critics.
“BJP is brazenly weaponising passports, revoking OCI (Overseas Citizen of India) cards and imposing illegal travel bans to harass & punish its critics. Aatish Taseer, Ashok Swain and now Nitasha Kaul. Stand in solidarity with Nitasha for the harrowing experience she was put through only because she doesn’t agree with their hateful divisive ideology,” Ms. Mufti said on social media platform X.
Dr. Kaul, a professor of Indian origin at the University of Westminster in the U.K., was denied entry when she landed at the Bengaluru airport to attend an event to which she had been invited by the Karnataka government. She was later deported.
