A Delhi lawyer, Vineet Jindal, has filed a police complaint against the Jawaharlal Nehru University’s Centre for Women Studies and the organisers of the webinar “Gendered Resistance & Fresh Challenges in Post-2019 Kashmir” for allegedly using phrase “gendered resistance to Indian occupation in Kashmir” in the notice for the webinar.
The JNU’s Centre for Women Studies and organizers of the webinar called for gender resistance and fresh challenges in post ‐2019 Kashmir under Section 121A, 124A, 505 of IPC and 74 of IT act 2008.
According to the complainant, a webinar in the name of ‘Gender Resistance and Fresh Challenges in Post 2019 Kashmir’ was to be organized by the Center for Women Studies on October 29, 2021 at 8.30 PM and the details of the said webinar were also available on the JNU website.
By mentioning this phrase, the organizers of the webinar have depicted the forceful occupation of Kashmir by the Indian government and this phrase has questioned the integrity and unity of the country. The phrase Indian Occupation to Kashmir is clearly perceived to be the forceful occupation of Kashmir by the Indian government which is surely not true.
The phrase also indicates the intention of the organizers that in the pretext of this webinar it was purposefully used to publicize the idea, provoke and instigate people against the Indian government.
The webinar was cancelled after the protest by certain people as the subject of the webinar was found questionable and objectionable, which clearly proves that the organizers had a mala fide intentions against the integrity of the country or some other hidden agenda.
Kashmir is an integral part of India just like any other state of India, so calling or publicly popularizing it as an occupied state is an anti national act, which not only instigates the common man but also provokes communal disharmony among the masses.
The subject of Kashmir has always been a delicate and sensitive one due to involvement of the other neighboring countries who wish to create national discord, so stating the said phrase accounts to an intentional act of creating disturbance among the citizens of the countries and the states which is not acceptable in any manner and must be dealt with an iron hand by lodging FIR against the organizers of the webinar.