Monday, December 23, 2019

German IIT-M student asked to leave India for taking part in CAA protest

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A German understudy at the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras has said he was approached to leave India for challenging the new citizenship law that has started agitation the nation over.
"1933 to 1945; We Have Been There," said a notice Jacob Lindenthal, conveyed when he joined others in Chennai to challenge the Citizenship (Amendment) Act a week ago. Lindenthal had a semester left of his post-graduation in Physics and he was planned to leave India in May 2020
Lindenthal told news associations IIT-Madras and migration authorities requested that he leave Chennai on Monday. "There were evidently organization issues with my visa. In the wake of administering these out, I was broadly examined by the movement official concerning my political sentiments. At that point I was educated about the choice (requesting that he leave)," he was cited by News18.com as saying.
He included that he would counsel his legal counselor and choose the following strategy.
An understudies' body, ChintaBar, tweeted in solidarity with Lindenthal.
Refering to sources, The Indian Express detailed that an IIT official had sent a report about Lindenthal's support in the fights to "higher-ups." When reached by the paper, IIT authorities said they were ignorant of the "episode" including Lindenthal.

Reports said an outsider partaking in a political movement or dissent is an infringement of visa standards.....Read More

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