New Delhi, May 14 -- Ashoka University Professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad, facing Haryana State Commission for Women's show cause notice for his Facebook post has issued a public statement stating that his posts were 'misunderstood and objected.' Slamming the summons that he had received, the Ashoka University commented, "This is a new form of censorship and harassment, which invents issues where there are none".

The Harayana commission alleged that the remarks of the HoD odfPolitical Science department in Ashoka University "disparaged women officers in the Indian Armed Forces and promoted communal disharmony".

The Commission issued the notice to Mahmudabad on Monday after taking suo motu cognisance of his social media posts following Operat...