{"id":42959,"date":"2025-05-15T08:49:54","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T08:49:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/?p=42959"},"modified":"2025-05-15T08:49:54","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T08:49:54","slug":"ashoka-university-professor-says-haryana-womens-commission-misread-his-post-on-operation-sindoor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/national\/ashoka-university-professor-says-haryana-womens-commission-misread-his-post-on-operation-sindoor\/","title":{"rendered":"Ashoka University professor says Haryana women\u2019s commission misread his post on Operation Sindoor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sonipat: An associate professor at a private university in Sonipat, summoned by the Haryana State Women&#8217;s Commission over a social media post on Operation Sindoor, said on Thursday that his remarks had been misinterpreted.<\/p>\n<p>Ali Khan Mahmoodabad, head of the political science department at Ashoka University, issued a public statement on X, saying, \u201cI am shocked that the Women&#8217;s Commission, beyond its jurisdiction, has misread and misunderstood my posts to such an extent that they have changed the meaning of the words.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Haryana State Women&#8217;s Commission had sent a notice to Mahmoodabad on May 12, stating that a preliminary review of his social media posts revealed concerns, including allegedly \u201cinsulting women in uniform\u201d and \u201cundermining their role as professional officers in the Indian armed forces.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The controversy follows a recent media briefing during Operation Sindoor, in which Colonel Sophia Qureshi and Wing Commander Vyomika Singh addressed the press alongside Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sonipat: An associate professor at a private university in Sonipat, summoned by the Haryana State Women&#8217;s Commission over a social media post on Operation Sindoor, said on Thursday that his remarks had been misinterpreted. Ali Khan Mahmoodabad, head of the political science department at Ashoka University, issued a public statement on X, saying, \u201cI am [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42961,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[641,642,643,644,645,646,647,648,649,650],"class_list":["post-42959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","tag-i-am-shocked-that-the-womens-commission","tag-beyond-its-jurisdiction","tag-has-misread-and-misunderstood-my-posts-to-such-an-extent-that-they-have-changed-the-meaning-of-the-words-the-haryana-state-womens-commission-had-sent-a-notice-to-mahmoodabad-on-may-12","tag-head-of-the-political-science-department-at-ashoka-university","tag-issued-a-public-statement-on-x","tag-said-on-thursday-that-his-remarks-had-been-misinterpreted-ali-khan-mahmoodabad","tag-saying","tag-sonipat-an-associate-professor-at-a-private-university-in-sonipat","tag-stating-that-a-preliminary-review-of-his-social-media-posts-revealed-concerns","tag-summoned-by-the-haryana-state-womens-commission-over-a-social-media-post-on-operation-sindoor"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ashoka University professor says Haryana women\u2019s commission misread his post on Operation Sindoor - PunjabENews<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/national\/ashoka-university-professor-says-haryana-womens-commission-misread-his-post-on-operation-sindoor\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ashoka University professor says Haryana women\u2019s commission misread his post on Operation Sindoor - PunjabENews\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Sonipat: An associate professor at a private university in Sonipat, summoned by the Haryana State Women&#8217;s Commission over a social media post on Operation Sindoor, said on Thursday that his remarks had been misinterpreted. Ali Khan Mahmoodabad, head of the political science department at Ashoka University, issued a public statement on X, saying, \u201cI am [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/national\/ashoka-university-professor-says-haryana-womens-commission-misread-his-post-on-operation-sindoor\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"PunjabENews\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-05-15T08:49:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_20250515_094937-2.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"768\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/national\/ashoka-university-professor-says-haryana-womens-commission-misread-his-post-on-operation-sindoor\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/national\/ashoka-university-professor-says-haryana-womens-commission-misread-his-post-on-operation-sindoor\/\",\"name\":\"Ashoka University professor says Haryana women\u2019s commission misread his post on Operation Sindoor - PunjabENews\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/national\/ashoka-university-professor-says-haryana-womens-commission-misread-his-post-on-operation-sindoor\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/national\/ashoka-university-professor-says-haryana-womens-commission-misread-his-post-on-operation-sindoor\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_20250515_094937-2.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-05-15T08:49:54+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/#\/schema\/person\/ac7e9b01000e370ed073f051663cc35d\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/national\/ashoka-university-professor-says-haryana-womens-commission-misread-his-post-on-operation-sindoor\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/national\/ashoka-university-professor-says-haryana-womens-commission-misread-his-post-on-operation-sindoor\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/national\/ashoka-university-professor-says-haryana-womens-commission-misread-his-post-on-operation-sindoor\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_20250515_094937-2.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_20250515_094937-2.jpg\",\"width\":768,\"height\":800},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/national\/ashoka-university-professor-says-haryana-womens-commission-misread-his-post-on-operation-sindoor\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Ashoka University professor says Haryana women\u2019s commission misread his post on Operation Sindoor\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/\",\"name\":\"PunjabENews\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/#\/schema\/person\/ac7e9b01000e370ed073f051663cc35d\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5f10c2ae8893861bd114957fb4ca76c826185be673c84916e05fed7cbf99b32b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5f10c2ae8893861bd114957fb4ca76c826185be673c84916e05fed7cbf99b32b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/author\/admin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Ashoka University professor says Haryana women\u2019s commission misread his post on Operation Sindoor - PunjabENews","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/national\/ashoka-university-professor-says-haryana-womens-commission-misread-his-post-on-operation-sindoor\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Ashoka University professor says Haryana women\u2019s commission misread his post on Operation Sindoor - PunjabENews","og_description":"Sonipat: An associate professor at a private university in Sonipat, summoned by the Haryana State Women&#8217;s Commission over a social media post on Operation Sindoor, said on Thursday that his remarks had been misinterpreted. Ali Khan Mahmoodabad, head of the political science department at Ashoka University, issued a public statement on X, saying, \u201cI am [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/national\/ashoka-university-professor-says-haryana-womens-commission-misread-his-post-on-operation-sindoor\/","og_site_name":"PunjabENews","article_published_time":"2025-05-15T08:49:54+00:00","og_image":[{"width":768,"height":800,"url":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_20250515_094937-2.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/national\/ashoka-university-professor-says-haryana-womens-commission-misread-his-post-on-operation-sindoor\/","url":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/national\/ashoka-university-professor-says-haryana-womens-commission-misread-his-post-on-operation-sindoor\/","name":"Ashoka University professor says Haryana women\u2019s commission misread his post on Operation Sindoor - PunjabENews","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/national\/ashoka-university-professor-says-haryana-womens-commission-misread-his-post-on-operation-sindoor\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/national\/ashoka-university-professor-says-haryana-womens-commission-misread-his-post-on-operation-sindoor\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_20250515_094937-2.jpg","datePublished":"2025-05-15T08:49:54+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/#\/schema\/person\/ac7e9b01000e370ed073f051663cc35d"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/national\/ashoka-university-professor-says-haryana-womens-commission-misread-his-post-on-operation-sindoor\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/national\/ashoka-university-professor-says-haryana-womens-commission-misread-his-post-on-operation-sindoor\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/national\/ashoka-university-professor-says-haryana-womens-commission-misread-his-post-on-operation-sindoor\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_20250515_094937-2.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_20250515_094937-2.jpg","width":768,"height":800},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/national\/ashoka-university-professor-says-haryana-womens-commission-misread-his-post-on-operation-sindoor\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Ashoka University professor says Haryana women\u2019s commission misread his post on Operation Sindoor"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/#website","url":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/","name":"PunjabENews","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/#\/schema\/person\/ac7e9b01000e370ed073f051663cc35d","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5f10c2ae8893861bd114957fb4ca76c826185be673c84916e05fed7cbf99b32b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5f10c2ae8893861bd114957fb4ca76c826185be673c84916e05fed7cbf99b32b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English"],"url":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42959"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42959\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}