New Delhi, May 19 -- Haryana State Commission for Women chairperson Renu Bhatia on Monday criticised Ashoka University associate professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad for not appearing before the commission in connection with his social media comments on Operation Sindoor.

She described his non-appearance on May 15 as "shocking" and "telling."

Speaking to the media, Bhatia said, "We visited the university to hold talks with the professor. I would have liked if he had apologised, but he did not intend to do so. By not appearing before the commission, he proved that what he said was true. On the 15th, by not appearing or meeting us at his university, it was shocking."

Mahmudabad, the head of the Political Science department at Ashoka University,...